Chronic medical conditions/comorbidities |
Bayliss et al.20
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Coexisting chronic conditions |
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Egede21
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Not clear whether comorbid or multimorbid |
Comorbidities |
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Van Weel and Schellevis22
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Coexisting also used; uncertain if this is separate meaning to comorbid |
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Verbrugge et al.23
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In contrast with above this article defines comorbid as ‘several conditions simultaneously’ |
Comorbid chronic illnesses |
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Bayliss et al.24
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Multiple chronic medical conditions used in title; uncertain if referring specifically to comorbid or more broadly to multimorbid illnesses |
Complex chronic diseases |
Sevick et al.25
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Defined as multiple morbidities; signifies new direction of research identifying complex needs |
Concurrent chronic illnesses |
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Williams and Botti26
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Used as comorbid |
Concurrent chronic conditions |
Fortin et al.10
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Includes concepts of comorbidity and multimorbidity |
Concurrent medical conditions |
Fortin et al.27
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Includes the concepts of comorbidity and multimorbidity |
Burden of chronic disease |
Bodenheimer et al.28
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Defined as having more than one chronic condition |
Multiple chronic diseases |
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Walker29
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Defined as comorbid |
Multimorbidity |
Van Den Akker9
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Defined as co‐occurrence of two or more diseases in person without a defined index disease |
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Smith and O'Dowd30
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As above but examples in article might be seen as comorbidities |
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Ritchie31
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Simultaneous existence of more than 1 pathophysiologic condition |
Multiple morbidity |
Schoenberg et al.32
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Multiple conditions |
Fortin et al.11
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Multimorbidity used in title; multiple chronic medical conditions used in article |
Multiple coexisting medical conditions |
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Laux et al.33
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Appears not to distinguish between comorbid or multimorbid because research based on episodes of care |
Multiple chronic conditions |
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Higashi et al.34
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Article discusses quality of care based on number of medical conditions without distinguishing whether comorbid or not. |
Multiple chronic health conditions |
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Loeb et al.35
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Multiple chronic conditions used in title, then, article combines this with multiple chronic health conditions |
Multiple chronic illnesses |
Parchman.36
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Multiple chronic medical disorders |
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Piette et al.37
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Multiple chronic illnesses used in title; multiple chronic medical disorders used in article; article discusses diabetes and comorbid depression; suggests the conceptual framework suitable to multiple chronic medical disorders |
Unrelated disorders |
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Redelmeier et al.38
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Title uses unrelated disorders. Article does not distinguish between comorbid or multimorbid; deals with treatments related to index disease |