First of all, the same group of researchers showed that not only did the presence
of multimorbidity come in at a younger age for the socioeconomically deprived, but the types of conditions they suffered from were different.
Not exact matches
The pair conclude that improving the health
of people with
multimorbidities will involve increased access to and coordination between a variety
of services.
Results showed that women under 46 who underwent bilateral oophorectomy experienced a higher incidence
of the 18 chronic conditions considered one at a time, except cancer, and an accelerated rate
of accumulation
of combined conditions, or
multimorbidity.
Patients with
multimorbidities account for a high proportion
of U.S. health care spending.
«The fact that we found greater cost savings for cancer patients with more comorbidities than for those with fewer comorbidities raises the question
of whether similar results would be observed in patients with other serious illnesses and
multimorbidity,» said Professor Peter May
of Trinity College Dublin and a former visiting research fellow in the Department
of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School
of Medicine at Mount Sinai and co-author
of the study.
Rising numbers
of people are living with two or more long - term health conditions — known as
multimorbidity.
Geriatric conditions, rather than
multimorbidity, as predictors
of disability and mortality among octogenarians: a population - based cohort study
A report from the Academy
of Medical Sciences points to an alarming lack
of information about
multimorbidity - a scenario where a patient suffers several diseases simultaneously.
Senior Editor Amy Ross discusses the content published in week 1
of the PLOS Medicine Special Issue on CVD and
multimorbidity.
In a Perspective for the collection on Cardiovascular Disease and
Multimorbidity, Joshua Knowles and Euan Ashley discuss the potential for use
of genetic risk scores in clinical practice.
Estimates suggest that around a quarter
of all Australians have
multimorbidities, and this increases to around 80 %
of those over the age
of 60.
Patients with multiple chronic illnesses, otherwise known as
multimorbidities, are a reality
of daily practice for most primary care practitioners.
Integrated primary care for patients with mental and physical
multimorbidity: cluster randomised controlled trial
of collaborative care for patients with depression comorbid with diabetes or cardiovascular disease.
Managing the Needs
of Older Patients with
Multimorbidity — A Systematic Review
of the Challenges Faced by the Healthcare Services