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 SiroisPublished 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.