Introduction. Multimorbidity is common among the heterogeneous primary care population,
but little data exist on its association with health care utilization or cost. Objective. The aim of …

Background Multimorbidity places a substantial burden on patients and the healthcare
system, but few contemporary epidemiological data are available. Aim To describe the …

Background In developed countries, primary health care increasingly involves the care of
patients with multiple chronic conditions, referred to as multimorbidity. Aim To describe the …

Background Primary care increasingly deals with patients with multimorbidity, but relevant
evidence-based interventions are scarce. Knowledge about multimorbidity over time is …

Introduction: Multimorbidity (multiple chronic illnesses) greatly affects the delivery of health
care and assessment of health care quality. There is a lack of basic epidemiologic data on …

Background Managing multimorbidity is complex for both patients and healthcare systems.
Patients with multimorbidity often use a variety of primary and secondary care services …

Objective: To determine the prevalence of multimorbidity in primary care, by age, sex, and
socio-economic class, and to analyse the trend in multimorbidity over the last 20 years …

PURPOSE Little information is available on multimorbidity in primary care in India. Because
primary care is the first contact of health care for most of the population and important for …

Background Published prevalence studies on multimorbidity present diverse data collection
methods, sources of data, targeted age groups, diagnoses considered and study …

Objectives To determine the prevalence of multimorbidity in the adult population attending
primary care in Portugal, to identify associated sociodemographic factors, and to reveal …