Review: Health Care Utilization and Costs of Elderly Persons With Multiple Chronic Conditions

By T. Lehnert, D. Heider, H. Leicht, S. Heinrich, S. Corrieri, M. Luppa, S. Riedel-Heller, H. König. Medical Care Research and Review, 2011

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Methods for identifying 30 chronic conditions: application to administrative data (2015, background): “It is clear that multimorbidity is common and associated with worse clinical outcomes and higher health care costs, compared to good health or to the presence of a single chronic condition [3-6].”
The global burden of multiple chronic conditions: A narrative review (2018, background): “Most studies to date have asserted a positive association between MCC and healthcare utilization outcomes (including physician visits, hospitalizations, use of medications) and healthcare cost outcomes (including medication, out of pocket, total healthcare expenditures) (Lehnert et al., 2011; Paez e”
The impact of technology on older adults' social isolation (2016, background): “on health care systems, including the cost of caring and increased use of health care systems (Langa, Valenstein, Fendrick, Kabeto, & Vijan, 2004; Lehnert et al., 2011).”