Chronic diseases: what happens when they come in multiples?
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: what happens when they come in multiples? Multimorbidity is the coexistence of two or more chronic diseases in an individual.1 Prevalence studies indicate that it is the normal state of affairs, especially in patients over the age of 65 years.1 A smaller sub-group of patients are more severely affected by multimorbidity as the combination and severity of their conditions results in significant loss of function, poor quality of life, and frequent hospital admissions. There is a need to examine the health care of patients with multimorbidity, as they often receive fragmented specialist care which does not meet their needs, or
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Authors: Susan M Smith, Tom O'Dowd
Institution: Trinity College Dublin
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2162607044