Patients with more comorbidities have better detection of chronic conditions, but poorer management and control: findings from six middle-income countries

• Main Authors: Grace Sum (Author), Gerald Choon-Huat Koh (Author), Stewart W. Mercer (Author), Lim Yee Wei (Author), Azeem Majeed (Author), Brian Oldenburg (Author), John Tayu Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is rising rapidly in middle-income countries (MICs), where NCDs are often undiagnosed, untreated and uncontrolled. How comorbidity impacts diagnosis, treatment, and control of NCDs is an emerging area of research inquiry and have imp...