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multimorbidity: a standalone construct

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multimorbidity1 CONSTRUCTMultimorbidityVAN DEN AKKER · PRIMARY CARE

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Primary care

the presence of two or more chronic conditions in one person, without singling out an index disease.

In primary care, multimorbidity refers to the presence of two or more chronic conditions in one person, without singling out an index disease. This meaning comes from van den Akker (1996) in European Journal of General Practice.[1]

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Cambridge Multimorbidity Score1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructGuided Care1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructindex5 fields · 11 citationsjingle · one word, five constructs

References

  1. van den Akker, M., Buntinx, F., & Knottnerus, J. A. (1996). Comorbidity or multimorbidity: what's in a name? A review of literature. European Journal of General Practice, 2(2), 65-70. https://doi.org/10.3109/13814789609162146

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