Multimorbidity patterns and disability and healthcare use in Europe: do the associations change with the regional socioeconomic status?

ABSTRACT: Multimorbidity, the concurrence of several chronic conditions, is a rising concern that increases the years lived with disability and poses a burden on healthcare systems. Little is known on how it interacts with socioeconomic deprivation, previously associated with poor health-related outcomes. We aimed to characterize the association between multimorbidity and these outcomes and how this relationship may change with socioeconomic development of regions. 55,915 individuals interviewed in 2017 were drawn from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, a population-based study. A Latent Class Analysis was conducted to fit multimorbidity patterns based on 16 self-reported conditions. Physical limitation, quality-of-life and healthcare utilization outcomes were regressed on those

SUBMITTER: Zacarias-Pons L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10764705 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature