multiple morbidities

Multiple morbidities or Multimorbidities is a term which means co-occurring diseases.

“However those who move into their mid to late eighties tend to suffer from multiple morbidities.

Having any single deficit increases the likelihood of having other difficulties, so poor children tend to have multiple morbidities.

In general, they are just as suitable for multiple morbidities (e.g.. heart and prostate).

• Health care reform must focus on improving collaboration between physicians and pharmacists, particularly in providing physicians with support in balancing complex drug regimens required for maintaining functional health status of older patients with multiple morbidities.

Frail older people often have complex conditions with multiple morbidities, which require all the skills of the multidisciplinary team, and a well-resourced hospital is frequently the safest and most efficient way of ensuring that patients improve and can be maintained in their own homes after discharge.