Primary care utilisation, adherence to guideline-based pharmacotherapy and continuity of care in primary care patients with chronic diseases and multimorbidity - a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To understand how to improve care for patients with chronic diseases and multimorbidity we wanted to describe the prevalence of different chronic diseases and the pattern of multimorbidity and to analyse the associations between occurrence of diseases and primary care utilization, adherence to guideline-based pharmacotherapy, and continuity of care.

Methods

Retrospective cross-sectional study of routine care data of the general population in region Jönköping in Sweden (345 916 inhabitants using primary care services) covering 4.3 years.

Participants

Patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria of having ≥ 1 of 10 common chronic diseases and ≥ 3 visits to primary care between 2011 and 2015.

Primary outcome measures

In order to determine diseases and mul

SUBMITTER: Maun A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10644564 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature