Prevalence of chronic medical conditions in Switzerland: exploring estimates validity by comparing complementary data sources

U Zellweger, M Bopp, BM Holzer, S Djalali, V Kaplan - BMC public health, 2014 - Springer
Background Prevalence estimates of chronic medical conditions and their multiples
(multimorbidity) in the general population are scarce and often rather speculative in …

Cross-national comparisons of health indicators require standardized definitions and common data sources

H Tolonen, J Reinikainen, P Koponen… - Archives of Public …, 2021 - Springer
Background Health indicators are used to monitor the health status and determinants of
health of the population and population sub-groups, identify existing or emerging health …

High prevalence of diagnosis of diabetes, depression, anxiety, hypertension, asthma and COPD in the total population of Stockholm, Sweden–a challenge for public …

AC Carlsson, P Wändell, U Ösby, R Zarrinkoub… - BMC public health, 2013 - Springer
Background There is limited knowledge on the prevalence of disease in total populations.
Such studies have historically been difficult to conduct but the development of health data …

Catalogue of multimorbidity mean based severity and associational prevalence rates between 199+ chronic conditions—a nationwide register-based population study

MF Hvidberg, A Frølich, SL Lundstrøm… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Real-world data on multimorbidity represents an important but underutilised
source of evidence for the planning of healthcare services, including prevention, treatments …

Prevalence of chronic conditions and multimorbidity in Estonia: a population-based cross-sectional study

M Jürisson, H Pisarev, A Uusküla, K Lang, M Oona… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Prevalence estimates for specific chronic conditions and multimorbidity (MM) in
eastern Europe are scarce. This national study estimates the prevalence of MM by age …

Prevalence and patterns of morbidity among adults in Germany

J Fuchs, M Busch, C Lange, C Scheidt-Nave - 2012 - edoc.rki.de
To describe the prevalence and patterns of morbidity among adults in Germany, we
collected self-reported information on 22 chronic health conditions in a nationally …

Clinical and lifestyle-related risk factors for incident multimorbidity: 10-year follow-up of Finnish population-based cohorts 1982–2012

K Wikström, J Lindström, K Harald, M Peltonen… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Multimorbidity is a huge burden to individuals and societies and more attention
should be paid on its risk factors and prevention possibilities. The aim of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating multimorbidity prevalence with the Canadian chronic disease surveillance system

F Allison, R Kim - … promotion and chronic disease prevention in …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: We used administrative health data from seven provinces and three territories and
five validated chronic conditions (ie cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, mental …

Chronic disease prevalence from Italian administrative databases in the VALORE project: a validation through comparison of population estimates with general …

R Gini, P Francesconi, G Mazzaglia, I Cricelli… - BMC Public Health, 2013 - Springer
Background Administrative databases are widely available and have been extensively used
to provide estimates of chronic disease prevalence for the purpose of surveillance of both …

Time trends in prevalence of chronic diseases and multimorbidity not only due to aging: data from general practices and health surveys

SH van Oostrom, R Gijsen, I Stirbu, JC Korevaar… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Chronic diseases and multimorbidity are common and expected to rise over the
coming years. The objective of this study is to examine the time trend in the prevalence of …