Epidemiology, mortality, and health service use of local-level multimorbidity patterns in South Spain.

ABSTRACT: Multimorbidity -understood as the occurrence of chronic diseases together- represents a major challenge for healthcare systems due to its impact on disability, quality of life, increased use of services and mortality. However, despite the global need to address this health problem, evidence is still needed to advance our understanding of its clinical and social implications. Our study aims to characterise multimorbidity patterns in a dataset of 1,375,068 patients residing in southern Spain. Combining LCA techniques and geographic information, together with service use, mortality, and socioeconomic data, 25 chronicity profiles were identified and subsequently characterised by sex and age. The present study has led us to several findings that take a step forward in this field of knowledge. S

SUBMITTER: Alvarez-Galvez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10673852 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature