Objectives Prevalence estimates of multimorbidity vary widely due to inconsistent definitions
and measurement methods. This study examines the independent effects on prevalence …

Background Multimorbidity poses major challenges to healthcare systems worldwide.
Definitions with cut-offs in excess of≥ 2 long-term conditions (LTCs) might better capture …

Overview: The presence of multiple concurrent medical conditions (also known as
multimorbidity) is now a common phenomenon, hence the importance of its measurement …

BACKGROUND: Health services have failed to respond to the pressures of multimorbidity.
Improved measures of multimorbidity are needed for conducting research, planning services …

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in a sample of patients
attending general practice, in the population who attended general practice in 2005, and in …

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

Objectives The primary objective of this study was to identify the existence of chronic
disease multimorbidity patterns in the primary care population, describing their clinical …

Objective is to explore how multimorbidity is defined in the scientific literature, with a focus
on the roles of diseases, risk factors, and symptoms in the definitions. Design: Systematic …

Background. Multimorbidity, defined as the coexistence of 2 or more chronic diseases, is a
common phenomenon especially in older people. Numerous efforts to establish a …

Background. An increasing proportion of people are living with multiple health conditions, or
'multimorbidity'. Measures of multimorbidity are useful in studies of interventions in primary …