Multiple morbidities

Multiple morbidities or Multimorbidities is a term which means co-occurring diseases. 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

These are common in elderly people, malnourished tribes, and slum dwellers.

See also

• Diseases of poverty
• Chronic (medicine)
• Center for Managing Chronic Disease

References

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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.

External links

• Managing Multiple Chronic Conditions, Center for Managing Chronic Disease, University of Michigan