Understanding hospital activity and outcomes for people with multimorbidity using electronic health records
Konstantin Georgiev et al
Ageing and later life
As the prevalence of multimorbidity grows, provision of effective healthcare is more challenging. Both multimorbidity and complexity in healthcare delivery may be associated with worse outcomes. We studied consecutive, unique emergency non-surgical hospitalisations for patients over 50 years old to three hospitals in Scotland, UK between 2016 and 2024 using linked primary care and hospital records to define multimorbidity (2 + long-term conditions), and timestamped hospital electronic health record (EHR) contacts with nursing and rehabilitation providers to describe intensity of ...
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