Defining and measuring multiple long-term conditions in research
Rachel Cooper, Miles D. Witham, Victoria Bartle, Avan Aihie Sayer
Abstract
> Growing consensus in the field In recent decades, the absolute number of people and the proportion of the population living with multiple long-term conditions (also known as multimorbidity) has increased substantially,[1][1] which is a major cause for concern. Firstly, people living with multiple
Topics & Concepts
Term (time)PopulationField (mathematics)GeographyDemographySociologyMathematicsQuantum mechanicsPure mathematicsPhysicsChronic Disease Management StrategiesFrailty in Older AdultsHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life