Description
Book SynopsisABC of Multimorbidity is the first title to provide primary care practitioners with a practical approach to the complex issues of treating and managing patients with more than one morbidity. Ageing populations and earlier diagnosis of chronic conditions mean more people are living longer with multimorbidity.
Trade Review“This ABC series book is a practical resource that is very useful to all physicians, regardless of their specialty and level of practice. Readers will find in this book information that will contribute to improving the quality of multimorbid patient’s management.” (European Urology Today,1 October 2014)
Table of ContentsContributors vii
Preface ix
Foreword xi
1 Introducing Multimorbidity 1
Martin Fortin StewartW. Mercer and Chris Salisbury
2 How Common Is Multimorbidity? 5
Marjan van den Akker and Christiane Muth
3 How Does Multimorbidity Affect Patients? 8
Elizabeth A. Bayliss
4 Effects of Multimorbidity on Healthcare Resource Use 12
Efrat Shadmi Karen Kinder and Jonathan P.Weiner
5 Multimorbidity and the Primary Care Clinic 17
Stewart W. Mercer and Chris Salisbury
6 Multimorbidity and Patient-Centred Care 22
Moira Stewart and Martin Fortin
7 Multimorbidity and the Healthcare Electronic Medical Record 26
Amanda L. Terry and Sonny Cejic
8 Treatment Burden and Multimorbidity 30
Katie I. Gallacher Victor M. Montori Carl R. May and Frances S. Mair
9 Multimorbidity and Mental Health 34
Peter Bower Peter Coventry Linda Gask and Jane Gunn
10 The Impact of Multimorbidity on Quality and Safety of Health Care 38
Jose M. Valderas Ignacio Ricci-Cabello and Concepción Violán
11 Implications of Multimorbidity for Health Policy 41
Chris Salisbury and Martin Roland
12 Optimizing Outcomes in Multimorbidity 46
Stewart W. Mercer Martin Fortin and Chris Salisbury
Index 49
