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A Scoping Review and Thematic Classification of Patient Complexity: Offering a Unifying Framework

Abstract

The path to improving healthcare quality for individuals with complex health conditions is complicated by a lack of common understanding of complexity. Modern medicine, together with social and environmental factors, has extended life, leading to a growing population of patients with chronic conditions. In many cases, there are social and psychological factors that impact treatment, health outcomes, and quality of life. This is the face of …

Authors

Schaink AK; Kuluski K; Lyons RF; Fortin M; Jadad AR; Upshur R; Wodchis WP

Journal

Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 1–9

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

January 2012

DOI

10.15256/joc.2012.2.15

ISSN

2235-042X