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

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

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 …

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 …

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 Multimorbidity is common among ageing populations and it affects the demand
for health services. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between …

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

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 …