Global Multimorbidity Patterns: A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based, Multi-Country Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Population ageing challenges health care systems due to the high prevalence and impact of multimorbidity in older adults. However, little is known about how chronic conditions present in certain multimorbidity patterns, which could have great impact on public health at several levels. The aim of our study was to identify and describe multimorbidity patterns in low-, middle-, and high-income countries.

Methods

We analyzed data from the Collaborative Research on Ageing in Europe project (Finland, Poland, and Spain) and the World Health Organization's Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa). These cross-sectional studies obtained data from 41,909 noninstitutionalized adults older than 50 years. Exploratory facto

SUBMITTER: Garin N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5864156 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature