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Simple approaches to characterising multiple long‐term conditions (multimorbidity) and rates of emergency hospital admission: Findings from 495,465 UK Biobank participants

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Numerous approaches are used to characterise multiple long‐term conditions (MLTC), including counts and indices. Few studies have compared approaches within the same dataset. We aimed to characterise MLTC using simple… Click to show full abstract

Numerous approaches are used to characterise multiple long‐term conditions (MLTC), including counts and indices. Few studies have compared approaches within the same dataset. We aimed to characterise MLTC using simple approaches, and compare their prevalence estimates of MLTC and associations with emergency hospital admission in the UK Biobank.

Keywords: long term; multiple long; hospital admission; term conditions; emergency hospital; simple approaches

Journal Title: Journal of Internal Medicine
Year Published: 2022

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