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Epidemiology of multimorbidity and implications for health care, research, and medical education: a cross-sectional study.
Jul 07 2012
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Abstract
Long-term disorders are the main challenge facing health-care systems worldwide, but health systems are largely configured for individual diseases rather than multimorbidity. We examined the distribution of multimorbidity, and of comorbidity of physical and mental health disorders, in relation to age and socioeconomic deprivation.