Global and regional prevalence of multimorbidity in the adult population in community settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SR Chowdhury, DC Das, TC Sunna, J Beyene… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Knowing the prevalence of multimorbidity among adults across continents is a
crucial piece of information for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3.4, which calls for …

Multimorbidity and mortality in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BP Nunes, TR Flores, GI Mielke, E Thume… - Archives of gerontology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To review literature and provide a pooled effect for the association between
multimorbidity and mortality in older adults. Methods A systematic review was performed of …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic status and multimorbidity: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

TI Pathirana, CA Jackson - Australian and New Zealand journal of public …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives: We performed a systematic review to identify, critically appraise and synthesise
the existing literature on the association between SEP and multimorbidity occurrence …

The increasing burden and complexity of multimorbidity

AJ Koné Pefoyo, SE Bronskill, A Gruneir, A Calzavara… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions, is common
among older adults and is known to be associated with high costs and gaps in quality of …

The impact of multimorbidity on adult physical and mental health in low-and middle-income countries: what does the study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE) …

P Arokiasamy, U Uttamacharya, K Jain, RB Biritwum… - BMC medicine, 2015 - Springer
Background Chronic diseases contribute a large share of disease burden in low-and middle-
income countries (LMICs). Chronic diseases have a tendency to occur simultaneously and …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and patterns of chronic disease multimorbidity and associated determinants in Canada

KC Roberts, DP Rao, TL Bennett… - Health promotion and …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: We extracted data from the Canadian Community Health Survey 2011/12 on 105
416 Canadians adults. We analysed the data according to the number of multimorbidities …

Methods for identifying 30 chronic conditions: application to administrative data

M Tonelli, N Wiebe, M Fortin, B Guthrie… - BMC medical informatics …, 2016 - Springer
Background Multimorbidity is common and associated with poor clinical outcomes and high
health care costs. Administrative data are a promising tool for studying the epidemiology of …

Multimorbidity and the inequalities of global ageing: a cross-sectional study of 28 countries using the World Health Surveys

S Afshar, PJ Roderick, P Kowal, BD Dimitrov, AG Hill - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Multimorbidity defined as the “the coexistence of two or more chronic diseases”
in one individual, is increasing in prevalence globally. The aim of this study is to compare …

Recent patterns of multimorbidity among older adults in high-income countries

R Ofori-Asenso, KL Chin, AJ Curtis… - Population health …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Population aging along with the rising burden of chronic medical conditions (CMCs) is
challenging the sustainability of health care systems globally. The authors sought to …

Economic burden of multimorbidity among older adults: impact on healthcare and societal costs

L Picco, E Achilla, E Abdin, SA Chong… - BMC health services …, 2016 - Springer
Background Multimorbidity is not uncommon and the associated impact it places on
healthcare utilisation and societal costs is of increased concern. The aim of the current study …