Social inequalities in multimorbidity patterns in Europe: A multilevel latent class analysis using the European Social Survey (ESS)

• Main Authors: Javier Álvarez-Gálvez (Author), Jesús Carretero-Bravo (Author), Víctor Suárez-Lledó (Author), Esther Ortega-Martín (Author), Begoña Ramos-Fiol (Author), Carolina Lagares-Franco (Author), Cristina O'Ferrall-González (Author), José Almenara-Barrios (Author), Juan Luis González-Caballero (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Multimorbidity is associated with lower quality of life, greater disability and higher use of health services and is one of the main challenges facing governments in Europe. There is a need to identify and characterize patterns of chronic conditions and analyse their association with social determin...