Association between multimorbidity patterns and disability among older people covered by long-term care insurance in Shanghai, China

• Main Authors: Zijing Wang (Author), Wenjia Peng (Author), Mengying Li (Author), Xinghui Li (Author), Tingting Yang (Author), Cancan Li (Author), Huosheng Yan (Author), Xianjie Jia (Author), Zhi Hu (Author), Ying Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Functional disability and multimorbidity are common among older people. However, little is known about the relationship between functional disability and different multimorbidity combinations. We aimed to identify multimorbidity patterns and explore the associations between these...