Future of Multimorbidity Research: How Should Understanding of Multimorbidity Inform Health System Design?

Many people living with chronic conditions have multiple chronic conditions. Multimorbidity is defined here as the co-existence of two or more chronic conditions, where one is not necessarily more central than the others. Multimorbidity affects quality of life, ability to work and employability, disability and mortality. Currently, clinicians have limited guidance or evidence as to how to approach care decisions for such patients. Understanding how to best care and design the health system for patients with multimorbidity may lead to improvements in quality of life, utilization of healthcare, safety, morbidity and mortality. The objective of this paper is to review the implications of multimorbidity for the…

• RW
  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• JA
  John A. Hartford Foundation
• HF
  Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
• AP
  Atlantic Philanthropies
• JH
  Johns Hopkins University
• SF
  Starr Foundation
• CI
  Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• CF
  Center for Innovative Medicine
• NI
  National Institute on Aging

  Awards: K23 AG032910, NIA K23 AG032910