The Conceptualization and Measurement of Comorbidity: A Review of the Interprofessional Discourse

• Main Authors: Salimah H. Meghani (Author), Harleah G. Buck (Author), Victoria Vaughan Dickson (Author), Marilyn J. Hammer (Author), Eneida Rejane Rabelo-Silva (Author), Robyn Clark (Author), Mary D. Naylor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Chronic medical conditions often occur in combination. Understanding underlying mechanisms causing diseases and their interactions may make it possible to address multiple complex conditions with single or consolidated treatment approaches and improve patients' health outcomes while...