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Epidemiology of multimorbidity and implications for health care, research, and medical education: a cross-sectional study
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The findings challenge the single-disease framework by which most health care, medical research, and medical education is configured, and a complementary strategy is needed, supporting generalist clinicians to provide personalised, comprehensive continuity of care, especially in socioeconomically deprived areas.About:
This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2012-07-07. It has received 4839 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Comorbidity & Health services research.read more
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Risk of developing multimorbidity across all ages in an historical cohort study: differences by sex and ethnicity.
Jennifer L. St. Sauver,Cynthia M. Boyd,Brandon R. Grossardt,William V. Bobo,Lila J. Finney Rutten,Véronique L. Roger,Jon O. Ebbert,Terry M. Therneau,Barbara P. Yawn,Walter A. Rocca +9 more
TL;DR: The risk of developing de novo multimorbidity increases steeply with older age, varies by ethnicity and is similar in men and women overall, however, the combinations of conditions vary extensively by age and sex.
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A cross-sectional, population-based study measuring comorbidity among people living with HIV in Ontario.
Claire Kendall,Jenna Wong,Monica Taljaard,Monica Taljaard,Richard H Glazier,William Hogg,Jaime Younger,Douglas G. Manuel,Douglas G. Manuel +8 more
TL;DR: People living with HIV in Ontario, especially women, had higher prevalence of comorbidity and multimorbidities than the general population.
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Senescence in COPD and Its Comorbidities.
TL;DR: COPD is associated with several comorbidities (multimorbidity), such as cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, that share the same pathways of accelerated aging.
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Clinical assessment and management of multimorbidity: summary of NICE guidance
TL;DR: This guideline is intended to provide guidance on the optimum management of people with multimorbidity who need an approach to care which is largely based on trials of interventions for single conditions, from which people with multi-million dollar conditions are often excluded.
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Effectiveness of Case Management for 'At Risk' Patients in Primary Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Jonathan Stokes,Maria Panagioti,Rahul Alam,Katherine Checkland,Sudeh Cheraghi-Sohi,Peter Bower +5 more
TL;DR: Current results do not support case management as an effective model, especially concerning reduction of secondary care use or total costs, and reasons for lack of effect are considered.
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