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10-Year Multimorbidity Trajectories in Older People Have Limited Benefit in Predicting Short-Term Health Outcomes in Comparison to Standard Multimorbidity Thresholds: A Population-Based Study.

Marc SimardElham RahmeMarjolaine DubéVéronique BoiteauDenis TalbotMiceline MésidorYohann Moanahere ChiuCaroline Sirois
Published in: Clinical epidemiology (2024)
Multimorbidity trajectories displayed comparable health outcome predictive capacity to those of traditional cross-sectional multimorbidity indicators. Given its ease of calculation, continued use of traditional multimorbidity thresholds remains relevant for population-based multimorbidity surveillance and clinical practice.
Keyphrases
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