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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.
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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.
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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
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Broad elderly inpatient multimorbidity spectrum vs AF-centered comorbidity patterns and impact
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Age-50 risk factors for incident cardiometabolic multimorbidity/death vs Elderly inpatient chronic-disease/multimorbidity spectrum
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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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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.
Study at a glance
- Design
- Cohort — 12-year hospital administrative series of elderly inpatients
- N
- N=210169 · 290,833 hospitalizations from 2008–2019
- Population
- Elderly inpatients in a large Chinese hospital system
- Outcome
- Spectrum of chronic disease and multimorbidity among elderly inpatients
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How common is multimorbidity in elderly Chinese inpatients?
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210,169 elderly patients and 290,833 hospitalizations (2008–2019).
A total of 210,169 elderly patients were hospitalized from January 1st, 2008 to December 31st, 2019. The corresponding number of hospitalizations was 290,833.
91.89% multimorbidity; mean 4.68 diseases; mean 5.4 medications.
the number of patients with two or more long-term health conditions was 267,259, accounting for 91.89%, with an average of 4.68 diseases. In addition, the average number of medications taken by the study population was 5.4, among which, the proportion of patients taking more than 5 types of medications accounted for 55.42%.
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.
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