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Impact of individual, household, and area characteristics on health and social care outcomes for people with multimorbidity: Protocol for a multilevel analysis

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  • Clare MacRae
  • Stewart W Mercer
  • Andrew Lawson
  • Alan Marshall
  • Jamie Pearce
  • Eleojo Abubakar
  • Chunyu Zheng
  • Marjan van den Akker
  • Thomas Williams
  • Olivia Swann
  • Louisa Pollock
  • Anna Rawlings
  • Rich Fry
  • Ronan A Lyons
  • Jane Lyons
  • Amy Mizen
  • Chris Dibben
  • Bruce Guthrie

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Background: Multimorbidity is one of the greatest challenges facing health and social care systems globally. It is associated with high rates of health service use, adverse healthcare events, and premature death. Despite its importance, little is known about the effects of contextual determinants such as household and area characteristics on health and care outcomes for people with multimorbidity. This study protocol presents a plan for the examination of associations between individual, household, and area characteristics with important health and social care outcomes. Methods: The study will use a cross-section of data from the SAIL Databank on 01 January 2019 and include all people alive and registered with a Welsh GP. The cohort will be stratified according to the presence or absence of multimorbidity, defined as two or more long-term conditions. Multilevel models will be used to examine covariates measured for individuals, households, and areas to account for social processes operating at different levels. The intra-class correlation coefficient will be calculated to determine the strength of association at each level of the hierarchy. Model outcomes will be any emergency department attendance, emergency hospital or care home admission, or mortality, within the study follow-up period. Discussion: Household and area characteristics might act as protective or risk factors for health and care outcomes for people with multimorbidity, in which case results of the analyses can be used to guide clinical and policy responses for effective targeting of limited resources.

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  • Clare MacRae & Stewart W Mercer & Andrew Lawson & Alan Marshall & Jamie Pearce & Eleojo Abubakar & Chunyu Zheng & Marjan van den Akker & Thomas Williams & Olivia Swann & Louisa Pollock & Anna Rawlings, 2023. "Impact of individual, household, and area characteristics on health and social care outcomes for people with multimorbidity: Protocol for a multilevel analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(10), pages 1-11, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0282867
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282867
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