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Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management

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  • Reference number: NG56
  • Published:  21 September 2016
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Research recommendations coming out of this guidance

  • Organisation of care:- What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of alternative approaches to organising primary care compared with usual care for people with multimorbidity?

  • Holistic assessment in the community:- What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of a community holistic assessment and intervention for people living with high levels of multimorbidity?

  • Stopping preventive medicines:- What is the clinical and cost effectiveness of stopping preventive medicines in people with multimorbidity who may not benefit from continuing them?

  • Predicting life expectancy:- Is it possible to analyse primary care data to identify characteristics that affect life expectancy and to develop algorithms and prediction tools for patients and healthcare providers to predict reduced life expectancy?

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