Objective To describe the average primary care physician consultation length in
economically developed and low-income/middle-income countries, and to examine the …

Objectives: We performed a systematic review to identify, critically appraise and synthesise
the existing literature on the association between SEP and multimorbidity occurrence …

Multimorbidity, commonly defined as the presence of two or more chronic medical conditions
in an individual, 1 is associated with decreased quality of life, functional decline, and …

Background Long-term disorders are the main challenge facing health-care systems
worldwide, but health systems are largely configured for individual diseases rather than …

The nature of cancer control is changing, with an increasing emphasis, fuelled by public and
political demand, on prevention, early diagnosis, and patient experience during and after …

Background Chronic diseases contribute a large share of disease burden in low-and middle-
income countries (LMICs). Chronic diseases have a tendency to occur simultaneously and …

Health services throughout the world strive to provide care to people when they are unwell
and assist them to stay well. Primary care services are increasingly at the heart of integrated …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected population mental health. We
aimed to assess temporal trends in primary care-recorded common mental illness, episodes …

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 Interventions to improve patient-centered care for persons with multimorbidity
are in constant growth. To date, the emphasis has been on two separate kinds of …