Prevalence of comorbidity of chronic diseases in Australia
Open Access
- 27 June 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 8 (1), 221
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-221
Abstract
The prevalence of comorbidity is high, with 80% of the elderly population having three or more chronic conditions. Comorbidity is associated with a decline in many health outcomes and increases in mortality and use of health care resources. The aim of this study was to identify, review and summarise studies reporting the prevalence of comorbidity of chronic diseases in Australia.Keywords
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