Background Long-term disorders are the main challenge facing health-care systems
worldwide, but health systems are largely configured for individual diseases rather than …

Background. Personal continuity is a ‘core value’ for UK general practice, but often appears
ignored by organizational change. Objectives. The aim of the present study was to examine …

Determining the effectiveness of complex interventions can be difficult and time consuming.
Neil C Campbell and colleagues explain the importance of ground work in getting usable …

Background The escalating use of prescribed drugs has increasingly raised concerns about
polypharmacy. This study aims to examine changes in rates of polypharmacy and …

… Care of patients with multimorbidity could be improved if new technology is used to bring
together guidelines on individual conditions and tailor advice to each patient’s circumstances …

Background The risk of severe COVID-19 if an individual becomes infected is known to be
higher in older individuals and those with underlying health conditions. Understanding the …

Multimorbidity, commonly defined as the presence of two or more chronic medical conditions
in an individual, 1 is associated with decreased quality of life, functional decline, and …

Background Adults with intellectual disabilities have increased early mortality compared
with the general population. However, their extent of multimorbidity (two or more additional …

Background: currently one of the major challenges facing clinical guidelines is multimorbidity.
Current guidelines are not designed to consider the cumulative impact of treatment …

The current focus on increasing access makes it more difficult for patients to see the same
doctor. But Bruce Guthrie and colleagues argue that relationships between doctors and …