The treatment cannot be worse than the disease is an oft-cited statement representing the
important concept of tolerability; older patients often express concerns about side effects …

Objective: Describe and synthesise existing published research on the experiences and
support needs of informal caregivers of people with multimorbidity. Design: Scoping …

Objective To assess the prevalence, disease clusters, and patterns of multimorbidity using a
novel 2-stage approach in middle-aged and older adults from the United Kingdom. Patients …

With an aging patient population and increasing complexity in patient disease trajectories,
physicians are often met with complex patient histories from which clinical decisions must be …

Background We aimed to identify specific patterns of physical multimorbidity, defined as the
presence of two or more physical long-term conditions, and to examine the extent to which …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The strategic framework on multiple chronic conditions
released by the US Department of Health and Human Services calls for identifying …

目的利用关联规则研究我国中老年人群慢性病共病模式, 探索慢性病间的关联性和关联强度.
方法采用中国健康与养老追踪调查(China health and retirement longitudinal study, CHARLS) …

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Over a million older patients in the United States are admitted
yearly for emergency general surgery (EGS) conditions. Seven procedure types dominate …

Objective Multimorbidity (MM) is more prevalent among people of lower socioeconomic
status (SES), and both MM and SES are associated with higher mortality rates. However …

Multimorbidity affects more than two thirds of older individuals and the vast majority of
patients with chronic cardiovascular disease. Patients with multimorbidity have high …