The prevalence of multimorbidity measured by linked healthcare data and its association with mortality in a large longitudinal cohort

Background Multimorbidity, the co-existence of two or more health conditions, is a growing challenge. It has been measured using health service administrative data via the emerging consensus measure by Barnett (containing 40 health conditions). However, this was developed using Scottish-specific pri...

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Main Authors: Marjorie Johnston, Corri Black, Stewart Mercer, Gordon Prescott, Jessica Butler, Mike Crilly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2018-06-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/490