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Selected tag: multimorbidity
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- How to weight chronic diseases in multimorbidity indices? Development of a new method on the basis of individual data from five population-based studies Posted on 22/05/2012 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- In multimorbidity indices, chronic conditions are often weighted according to their severity or their impact on different outcomes. These weights are mostly developed on the basis of only one study ... chronic diseases, health status, index weights; pooled odds ratios, multimorbidity
- Epidemiology of multimorbidity and implications for health care, research, and medical education: a cross-sectional study Posted on 22/05/2012 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- Long-term disorders are the main challenge facing health-care systems worldwide, but health systems are largely confi gured for individual diseases rather than multimorbidity. We examined the distribution of multimorbidity, and ... chronic disease, comorbidity, epidemiology, medical education, mental health disorders, multimorbidity
- Multiple morbidity combinations impact on medical expenditures among older adults Posted on 25/04/2011 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- This study aims to explore the medical needs of patients who have different combinations of multiple chronic diseases in order to improve care strategy for chronic patients. This study was ... care management, comorbidity, costs, mortality, multimorbidity, prevalence
- Development of a new predictive model for polypathological patients. The PROFUND index Posted on 14/03/2011 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- There is a concern about the accuracy of the available prognostic indexes when applying them to the emergent population of polypathological patients (PP). frailty, mortality, multimorbidity, polypathology, prognostic index
- Prevalence of Chronic Diseases and Multimorbidity Among the Elderly Population in Sweden Posted on 14/01/2011 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- They explored the role of age, gender, and socioeconomic status in the occurrence of chronic diseases and multimorbidity in 1099 elderly participants in the Kungsholmen Project. Cardiovascular and mental diseases ... chronic disease, elderly population, multimorbidity, prevalence, sweden
- Co- and multimorbidity patterns in primary care based on episodes of care: results from the German CONTENT project Posted on 16/11/2010 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- Due to technological progress and improvements in medical care and health policy the average age of patients in primary care is continuously growing. In equal measure, an increasing proportion of ... multimorbidity, primary care
- Health and treatment priorities in patients with multimorbidity: report on a workshop from the European General Practice Network meeting 'Research on multimorbidity in general practice'. Posted on 02/11/2010 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- Setting health and treatment priorities is necessary when caring for multiple and complex patient issues. This is already done in the doctor-patient consultation-yet implicitly rather than explicitly. The aim of ... aged, attitude to health, family practice, multimorbidity, patient-centred care
- Multimorbidity and quality of life in primary care: a systematic review Posted on 28/10/2010 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- Many patients with several concurrent medical conditions (multimorbidity) are seen in the primary care setting. A thorough understanding of outcomes associated with multimorbidity would benefit primary care workers of all ... multimorbidity, primary care, quality of life, systematic review
- Multimorbidity is common to family practice: is it commonly researched? Posted on 28/10/2010 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
- Family physicians often have to care for patients with several concurrent chronic conditions (multimorbidity or comorbidity). Consequently, they need to inform themselves by reading indexed publications on multimorbidity. This study ... multimorbidity, prevalence
- Comparative assessment of three different indices of multimorbidity for studies on health-related quality of life Posted on 26/10/2010 by Diana Gosalvez Prados
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Measures of multimorbidity are often applied to source data, populations or outcomes outside the scope of their original developmental work. As the development of a multimorbidity measure is influenced by ...
health, multimorbidity, quality of life
