Could clustering of comorbidities be useful for better defining the internal medicine patients’ complexity?

Could clustering of comorbidities be useful for better defining the internal medicine patients’ complexity?

Internal medicine patients are mostly elderly with multiple comorbidities, usually chronic. The high prevalence of comorbidity and multimorbidity has a significant impact on both positive responses to treatment and the occurrence of adverse events. Clustering is the process of nosography grouping in...

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Main Authors: Flavio Tangianu, Paola Gnerre, Fabrizio Colombo, Roberto Frediani, Giuliano Pinna, Franco Berti, Giovanni Mathieu, Micaela La Regina, Francesco Orlandini, Antonino Mazzone, Clelia Canale, Daniele Borioni, Roberto Nardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2018-06-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
Internal medicine patients
multi/comorbidity
complexity
cluster analysis.
Online Access:https://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/940

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