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Multimorbidity: Epidemiology and Models of Care

Author(s) -

Alessandra Marengoni,

René J. F. Melis,

Alexandra PradosTorres,

Graziano Onder

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

biomed research international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772

H-Index - 126

eISSN - 2314-6141

pISSN - 2314-6133

DOI - 10.1155/2016/7029027

Subject(s) - multimorbidity , epidemiology , medicine , multiple chronic conditions , disease , chronic disease , chronic condition , gerontology , population , comorbidity , environmental health , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , pathology

Due to the aging of the population, the prevalence of chronic diseases is progressively increasing and most older adults experience the cooccurrence of multiple diseases, a condition known as multimorbidity. It has been estimated that 60% of persons aged 65 years or older are affected by multimorbidity, the reason why the condition is sometimes referred to as the “most common chronic disease”

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