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Multiple morbidities : ウィキペディア英語版 | Multiple morbidities
Multiple morbidities or Multimorbidities is a term which means co-occurring diseases.〔Valderas JM, Starfield B, Sibbald B, Salisbury C, Roland M. Defining comorbidity: implications for understanding health and health services. Ann Fam Med. 2009 Jul-Aug;7(4):357-63.〕 For example, a person could have diabetes and heart disease and high blood pressure. In the Medicare population, 65% of patients have two or more chronic illnesses.〔Wolff JL, Starfield B, Anderson G. Prevalence, expenditures, and complications of multiple chronic conditions in the elderly. Arch Intern Med. 2002 Nov 11;162(20):2269-76.〕 Some of the difficulties experienced by patients include: poor coordination of medical care, managing multiple medications, and aggravation of one condition by symptoms or treatment of another.〔Bayliss EA, Steiner JF, Fernald DH, Crane LA, Main DS. Descriptions of barriers to self-care by persons with comorbid chronic diseases. Ann Fam Med. 2003 May-Jun;1(1):15-21.〕 These are common in people who are elderly, malnourished, or poor. ==See also==
* Diseases of poverty * Chronic condition
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