aging
How common is multimorbidity in elderly Chinese inpatients?
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Among 210,169 elderly inpatients (2008–2019), 91.89% had ≥2 long-term conditions (mean 4.68 diseases) and average medication count was 5.4.
Key findings
290,833 hospitalizations; mean age 72.67; 25.27% re-hospitalized within a year. Top diseases: malignant tumor, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease. Multimorbidity 91.89%; >5 medications in 55.42%.
Methodology
Analyzed PLA General Hospital inpatient records from 2008–2019 for disease constitution, multimorbidity, in-hospital death, and polypharmacy among elderly admissions.
Limitations
Single tertiary-center data may over-represent complex cases versus community elders; associations are descriptive, not causal treatment effects.
How this study connects
Role on claims
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Elderly inpatients show a broad chronic-disease spectrum and multimorbidity over long surveillance.
A 12-year epidemiologic look at elderly inpatients maps chronic disease spectrum and multimorbidity patterns.
Evidence for the claim as stated.
Midlife clinical, socioeconomic, and behavioural profiles predict cardiometabolic multimorbidity and death.
In Whitehall II, least vs most favourable clinical profiles at age 50 strongly predicted first cardiometabolic disease (HR ~3.7); socioeconomic and behavioural factors additionally predicted progression to multimorbidity and mortality.
Scope note — elderly inpatient spectrum ≠ midlife civil-servant incident multimorbidity cohort
Limits the claim's scope: a different population, assay, or outcome.
Broad elderly inpatient multimorbidity spectrum vs AF-centered comorbidity patterns and impact
Evidence for the claim as stated.
Age-50 risk factors for incident cardiometabolic multimorbidity/death vs Elderly inpatient chronic-disease/multimorbidity spectrum
Evidence for the claim as stated.
Open questions
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From concept pages' “where studies disagree.” Disagreement means the same question; scope means different assays, populations, or outcomes.
Broad elderly inpatient multimorbidity spectrum vs AF-centered comorbidity patterns and impact
Age-50 risk factors for incident cardiometabolic multimorbidity/death vs Elderly inpatient chronic-disease/multimorbidity spectrum
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