Physical multimorbidity, health service use, and catastrophic health expenditure by socioeconomic groups in China: an analysis of population-based panel data

Summary: Background: Multimorbidity, the presence of two or more mental or physical chronic non-communicable diseases, is a major challenge for the health system in China, which faces unprecedented ageing of its population. Here we examined the distribution of physical multimorbidity in relation to...

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Main Authors: Yang Zhao, PhD, Rifat Atun, ProfFRCP, Brian Oldenburg, ProfPhD, Barbara McPake, ProfPhD, Shenglan Tang, ProfPhD, Stewart W Mercer, ProfPhD, Thomas E Cowling, PhD, Grace Sum, PhD, Vicky Mengqi Qin, PhD, John Tayu Lee, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X20301273