Multimorbidity: Not Just for the West

Amitava Banerjee; John Hurst; Edward Fottrell; J Jaime Miranda

doi:10.5334/gh.835

Multimorbidity: Not Just for the West

Glob Heart. 2020 Jul 2;15(1):45. doi: 10.5334/gh.835.

Authors

Amitava Banerjee¹, John Hurst², Edward Fottrell³, J Jaime Miranda⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, UK.
² UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, UK.
³ Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
⁴ CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, PE.

PMID: 32923339
PMCID: PMC7413145
DOI: 10.5334/gh.835

Abstract

"A multimorbidity lens creates exciting opportunities to reconceptualise health and wellbeing in all its complexity. We need to improve health metrics to capture this complexity and strengthen health services to respond to it."

Keywords: global health; multimorbidity; non-communicable disease.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease
Global Health
Health Services / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Multimorbidity / trends
Noncommunicable Diseases / epidemiology*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding