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Characteristics, service use, and mortality of clusters of multimorbid patients in England: a population-based study

Authors :
Zhu, Yajing
Edwards, Duncan
Payne, Rupert A
Kiddle, Steven
Source :
The Lancet; November 2019, Vol. 394 Issue: 1, Number 1 Supplement 2 pS102-S102, 1p
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

Multimorbidity is a major challenge facing health systems. To help understand the changes to services and policies that are required, we investigated which diseases co-occur and which combinations lead to the highest mortality and service use.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01406736 and 1474547X
Volume :
394
Issue :
1, Number 1 Supplement 2
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
The Lancet
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs51815993
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32899-5