Physical multimorbidity, health service use, and catastrophic health expenditure by socioeconomic groups in China: an analysis of population-based panel data

• Main Authors: Yang Zhao, PhD (Author), Rifat Atun, ProfFRCP (Author), Brian Oldenburg, ProfPhD (Author), Barbara McPake, ProfPhD (Author), Shenglan Tang, ProfPhD (Author), Stewart W Mercer, ProfPhD (Author), Thomas E Cowling, PhD (Author), Grace Sum, PhD (Author), Vicky Mengqi Qin, PhD (Author), John Tayu Lee, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Multimorbidity, the presence of two or more mental or physical chronic non-communicable diseases, is a major challenge for the health system in China, which faces unprecedented ageing of its population. Here we examined the distribution of physical multimorbidity in relation to...