Association between multimorbidity and mortality in a cohort of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in Scotland.
Utkarsh AgrawalAmaya Azcoaga-LorenzoAdeniyi Francis FagbamigbeEleftheria VasileiouPaul HeneryColin R SimpsonSarah J StockSyed Ahmar ShahChris RobertsonMark WoolhouseLewis D RitchieAziz ShiekhEwen M HarrisonAnnemarie B DochertyColin McCowanPublished in: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (2021)
Multimorbidity is an independent risk factor of mortality among individuals who were hospitalised due to COVID-19. Individuals with multimorbidity could be prioritised when making preventive policies, for example, by expanding shielding advice to this group and prioritising them for vaccination.