Impact of multimorbidity: acute morbidity, area of residency and use of health services across the life span in a region of south Europe
Conclusions:
Multimorbidity is related to greater use of health care services and higher incidence of acute diseases, increasing the burden on primary care services. The differences related to sex and life-stage observed for multimorbidity and acute diseases suggest that further research on multimorbidity should be stratified according to these factors.
Source: BMC Family Practice - Category: Primary Care Authors: Quintí Foguet-BoreuConcepció ViolanAlbert Roso-LlorachTeresa Rodríguez-BlancoMariona Pons-ViguésMiguel Muñoz-PérezEnriqueta Pujol-RiberaJose Valderas Source Type: research
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