Comorbidities: a framework of principles for system-wide action

"This framework sets out the challenges for the wider health and care system in addressing comorbidities and proposes a set of interconnected principles to consider in the design of systems and services to prevent and treat comorbidities."

Comorbidities: a framework of principles for system-wide action
Department of Health
April 2014

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The importance of multimorbidity in explaining utilisation and costs

"This work forms a basis for identifying groups that would most benefit from improved integrated care, which might be facilitated by integrated financial arrangements and better pathway management."

The importance of multimorbidity in explaining utilisation and costs across health and social care settings: evidence from South Somerset’s Symphony Project
P Kasteridis, A Street, M Dolman, L Gallier, K Hudson, J Martin, I Wyer
Centre for Health Economics, University of York
February 2014

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The importance of multimorbidity in explaining utilisation and costs

"

This work forms a basis for identifying groups that would most benefit from improved integrated 

care, which might be facilitated by integrated financial arrangements and better pathway 

management

."

The importance of multimorbidity in explaining utilisation and costs across health and social care settings: evidence from South Somerset’s Symphony Project

P Kasteridis, A Street, M Dolman, L Gallier, K Hudson, J Martin, I Wyer

Centre for Health Economics, University of York 

February 2014

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Cost of co-morbidities

"Developing more integrated support for people with mental and physical health problems could improve outcomes and play a significant part in helping the NHS meet the QIPP challenge."

Long-term conditions and mental health: the cost of co-morbidities
C Naylor, M Parsonage, D McDaid, M Knapp, M Fossey, A Galea
The King's Fund
February 2012

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