Regional variations in multimorbidity burden among office-based physicians in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimorbidity is associated with higher utilization of healthcare services. However, many countries do not consider multimorbidity when estimating physician supply. The main aim of this study was to assess how regional multimorbidity levels can be integrated when estimating the need for office-based physician supply.

Methods

Claims data were used to measure and compare the proportions of multimorbid patients of GPs, ophthalmologists, orthopaedic specialists and neurologists, and examine spatial variations through Bernoulli cluster analysis of regional multimorbidity levels. To explore the interrelationship between current capacities and spatial occurrence of high-rate clusters, clusters were compared with the current supply of physicians.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Geiger I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234650 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature