Multimorbidity and healthcare resource utilization in Switzerland: a multicentre cohort study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Multimorbidity is associated with higher healthcare resource utilization, but we lack data on the association of specific combinations of comorbidities with healthcare resource utilization. We aimed to identify the combinations of comorbidities associated with high healthcare resource utilization among multimorbid medical inpatients. METHODS:We performed a multicentre retrospective cohort study including 33,871 multimorbid (≥2 chronic diseases) medical inpatients discharged from three Swiss hospitals in 2010-2011. Healthcare resource utilization was measured as 30-day potentially avoidable readmission (PAR), prolonged length of stay (LOS) and difference in median LOS. We identified the combinations of chronic comorbidities associated with the highest healthcare resource utilizat

SUBMITTER: Aubert CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6798375 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature