TY - JOUR
T1 - Perspectives, constructs and methods in the measurement of multimorbidity and comorbidity: a critical review
AU - Haregu, Tilahun Nigatu
AU - Oldenburg, Brian Federick
AU - Setswe, Geoffrey
AU - Elliott, Julian
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Multimorbidity/comorbidity measurements involve the consideration of several perspectives. The four major constructs of multimorbidity/comorbidity measurement are magnitude, severity, pattern and burden. There are two major approaches of measuring multimorbidity and comorbidity. The first approach reduces measurements of multiple diseases to a single condition and the second approach uses clustering of diseases and cases in to relevant non-random groups.
AB - Multimorbidity/comorbidity measurements involve the consideration of several perspectives. The four major constructs of multimorbidity/comorbidity measurement are magnitude, severity, pattern and burden. There are two major approaches of measuring multimorbidity and comorbidity. The first approach reduces measurements of multiple diseases to a single condition and the second approach uses clustering of diseases and cases in to relevant non-random groups.
UR - http://tinyurl.com/ala8hst
U2 - 10.5580/2cc3
DO - 10.5580/2cc3
M3 - Article
SN - 1540-2614
VL - 10
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - The Internet Journal of Epidemiology
JF - The Internet Journal of Epidemiology
IS - 2
ER -