Multimorbidity combinations among older adults in Singapore: A cross-sectional study using polyclinic data
Although a wide variety of combinations were observed, hyperlipidaemia and hypertension were common in the most prevalent and costly combinations. As current management of chronic conditions focusses on disease-specific clinical outcomes, findings from this study suggest a need to optimise clinical outcomes for common multimorbidity combinations rather than simply aggregating outcomes for all conditions within the combination.
Authors
- Shilpa Tyagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7755-0324)
- Victoria Koh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2487-0233)
- Eun-Soo Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1600-3615)
- Ngiap Chuan Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5946-1149)
- Meena Sundram
- Sai Zhen Sim
- Lawrence Lam
Institutions
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- SingHealth Polyclinics (SG)
- Ministry of Unification (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity
- Published
- 2026-02-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/26335565261417399
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00