Changes in patterns of multimorbidity and associated with medical costs among Chinese middle-aged and older adults from 2013 to 2023: an analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys in Xiangyang, China

• Main Authors: Changyu Ju (Author), Hongjia Liu (Author), Yongxiang Gong (Author), Meng Guo (Author), Yingying Ge (Author), Yuheng Liu (Author), Rui Luo (Author), Meng Yang (Author), Xiuying Li (Author), Yangwenhao Liu (Author), Xiangbin Li (Author), Tiemei He (Author), Xiaodong Liu (Author), Chunrong Huang (Author), Yihua Xu (Author), Juming Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundMultimorbidity has become a major public health problem among Chinese middle-aged and older adults, and the most costly to the health care system. However, most previous population-based studies of multimorbidity have focused on a limited number of chronic diseases, and diagnosis was based...