Multimorbidity

"Multimorbidity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The complex interactions of several co-existing diseases.

Descriptor ID	D000076322
MeSH Number(s)	N05.715.350.225.500 N06.850.490.687.500
Concept/Terms	Multimorbidity Multimorbidity

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Multimorbidity".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Epidemiologic Factors [N05.715.350]
Comorbidity [N05.715.350.225]
Multimorbidity [N05.715.350.225.500]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Factors [N06.850.490]
Comorbidity [N06.850.490.687]
Multimorbidity [N06.850.490.687.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Multimorbidity".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Multimorbidity".

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Multimorbidity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Multimorbidity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 20 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2018	1	1	2
2019	1	0	1
2020	0	2	2
2021	0	3	3
2022	0	4	4
2023	0	3	3
2024	1	0	1
2025	3	0	3
2026	1	0	1

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Ma KC, Surie D, Zhu Y, Grijalva CG, Blair PW, Safdar B, Ginde AA, Peltan ID, Brown SM, Gaglani M, Ghamande S, Columbus C, Mohr NM, Gibbs KW, Hager DN, Prekker ME, Gong MN, Mohamed A, Johnson NJ, Steingrub JS, Khan A, Hough CL, Duggal A, Gordon AJ, Qadir N, Chang SY, Mallow C, Busse LW, Kwon JH, Exline MC, Vaughn IA, Ramesh M, Lauring AS, Martin ET, Leis AM, Mosier JM, Harris ES, Baughman A, Johnson C, Casey JD, Halasa N, Chappell JD, Lewis N, Ellington S, Self WH, Dawood FS. Multimorbidity Profiles and Severe In-Hospital Outcomes in Adults With Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Clin Infect Dis. 2026 Mar 17; 82(3):e561-e570.

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Oyinbo AG, Tisminetzky M, Baek J, Castaneda-Avila MA, DuMontier C, Ramanathan M, Lapane KL, Epstein MM. Patterns of multimorbidity in older adults with multiple myeloma: An analysis of SEER-Medicare. PLoS One. 2025; 20(8):e0330331.

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Branley CE, Goulding M, Tisminetzky M, Lemon SC. The association between multimorbidity and food insecurity among US parents, guardians, and caregivers. BMC Public Health. 2025 Apr 22; 25(1):1487.

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Jonikas JA, Aranda F, Burke-Miller JK, Sabella K, Mullen MG, Davis M, Cook JA. Prevalence of chronic physical conditions and physical multimorbidity among young adults with serious mental health conditions. Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2025 Jun; 48(2):89-98.

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Ginggeaw S, LeBlanc R, Chung J. Social Determinants of Quality of Life in the Last Year of Life Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Multimorbidity. Clin Nurs Res. 2025 Feb; 34(2):107-119.

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Han BH, Bronson J, Washington L, Yu M, Kelton K, Tsai J, Finlay AK. Co-occurring Medical Multimorbidity, Mental Illness, and Substance Use Disorders Among Older Criminal Legal System-Involved Veterans. Med Care. 2023 07 01; 61(7):477-483.

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Tisminetzky M, Gurwitz JH, Tabada G, Reynolds K, Smith DH, Sung SH, Goldberg R, Go AS. Approach to Multimorbidity Burden Classification and Outcomes in Older Adults With Heart Failure. Med Care. 2023 05 01; 61(5):268-278.

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Epstein MM, Zhou Y, Castaneda-Avila MA, Cohen HJ. Multimorbidity in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. Int J Cancer. 2023 06 15; 152(12):2485-2492.

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Tisminetzky M, Gurwitz JH, Tabada G, Reynolds K, Fortmann SP, Garcia E, Pham T, Goldberg R, Go AS. Adverse Events After Initiating Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor/Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Therapy in Individuals with Heart Failure and Multimorbidity. Am J Med. 2022 12; 135(12):1468-1477.

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McEntee ML, Gandek B, Ware JE. Improving multimorbidity measurement using individualized disease-specific quality of life impact assessments: predictive validity of a new comorbidity index. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2022 Jul 12; 20(1):108.

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