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Does multimorbidity still remain a matter of the elderly: Lithuanian national data analysis

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  • Jurevičienė, E.
  • Onder, G.
  • Visockienė, Ž.
  • Puronaitė, R.
  • Petrikonytė, D.
  • Gargalskaitė, U.
  • Kasiulevičius, V.
  • Navickas, R.

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Multimorbidity – the coexistence of ≥2 chronic conditions in same individual is usually associated with older age. There is an increase in its prevalence at a much younger age, however with very limited research specifying that.

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  • Jurevičienė, E. & Onder, G. & Visockienė, Ž. & Puronaitė, R. & Petrikonytė, D. & Gargalskaitė, U. & Kasiulevičius, V. & Navickas, R., 2018. "Does multimorbidity still remain a matter of the elderly: Lithuanian national data analysis," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 122(6), pages 681-686.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:122:y:2018:i:6:p:681-686
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.03.003
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    1. Elena Jurevičienė & Greta Burneikaitė & Laimis Dambrauskas & Vytautas Kasiulevičius & Edita Kazėnaitė & Rokas Navickas & Roma Puronaitė & Giedrė Smailytė & Žydrūnė Visockienė & Edvardas Danila, 2022. "Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Comorbidities in Lithuanian National Database: A Cluster Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-14, January.
    2. Marianne Lea & Morten Mowe & Liv Mathiesen & Kristin Kvernrød & Eva Skovlund & Espen Molden, 2019. "Prevalence and risk factors of drug-related hospitalizations in multimorbid patients admitted to an internal medicine ward," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(7), pages 1-15, July.
    3. Laura Nedzinskienė & Elena Jurevičienė & Žydrūnė Visockienė & Agnė Ulytė & Roma Puronaitė & Vytautas Kasiulevičius & Edita Kazėnaitė & Greta Burneikaitė & Rokas Navickas, 2021. "Structure and Distribution of Health Care Costs across Age Groups of Patients with Multimorbidity in Lithuania," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-12, March.
    4. Ghazalbash, Somayeh & Zargoush, Manaf & Mowbray, Fabrice & Costa, Andrew, 2022. "Impact of multimorbidity and frailty on adverse outcomes among older delayed discharge patients: Implications for healthcare policy," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 126(3), pages 197-206.

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