Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Prevalence and Pattern of Multimorbidity in Older Chinese Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimorbidity presents an enormous problem to societal and healthcare utilization under the context of aging population in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Currently, systematic studies on the profile of multimorbidity and its characteristics among Chinese elderly are lacking. We described the temporal and spatial trends in the prevalence of multimorbidity and explored chronological changes of comorbidity patterns in a large elderly population survey.

Methods

Data were extracted from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Study (CLHLS) conducted between 1998 and 2018 in a random selection of half of the counties and city districts. All the elderly aged 65 and older were included in the survey of eight waves. We used 13 investigated chronic diseases t

SUBMITTER: Chen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8811186 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature