Multimorbidity in Hospitalized Patients Admitted to General Practice Departments and Its Implications for the General Practice Healthcare System: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study in China.

ABSTRACT: Objective: China and many developing countries has placed high expectations on the general practice healthcare system in terms of lowering medical costs and improving the health status of the multimorbid population in recent years. However, the prevalence of multimorbidity among inpatients attending the general practice department of hospitals and its policy implications are largely unknown. The current study aimed to analyze the prevalence of comorbidities among inpatients attending the general practice department of the tertiary Grade-A Hospitals in China, and put forward evidence-based policy recommendations. Methods: Between December 2016 and November 2020, 351 registered general practitioners from 27 tertiary hospitals were selected, and their direct admissions were eval

SUBMITTER: Zhou Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8720775 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature