Identifying optimal treatment approaches for people with multimorbidity in Ontario

    Ano de publicação: 2013

    Multimorbidity is part of the daily life of a growing number of Ontarians who must manage multiple chronic conditions. As Fortin et al. observed, “patients with multiple conditions are the rule rather than the exception in primary care.” Multimorbidity not only has a significant impact on healthcare utilization and costs, but it is expected to affect quality of life, ability to work, employability, disability, process of care and mortality.(3) Despite the burden of multimorbidity, patients often receive care that is “fragmented, incomplete, inefficient, and ineffective.”(3) Thus, there have been growing calls for changes to health systems and clinical decision-making processes to more effectively and efficiently provide the complex care required by those with multimorbidity.

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