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Investigating Health Outcomes Defined by Multiple Chronic Conditions

In: Recent Developments in Health Econometrics

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Multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) have attracted significant public policy and clinical attention. Whether MCCs determine other important outcomes, or are themselves the outcomes of health-producing activities or interventions, metrics based thereon have potential to be useful indicators of the health of populations and of differences between and among the health of subpopulations. While the attention MCCs are attracting in various policy circles is impressive, MCCs' potential roles as indicators of population health and of how health determinants influence population–health outcomes have received less attention. The purpose of this chapter is to direct attention towards questions that involve considerations of chronic condition (CC) patterns as health outcomes; specifically, this paper hopes to advance the consideration of patterns of MCCs as indicators of individual and population health. Using data from the United States (US) Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), the chapter explores whether both the ‘intensity’ (i.e. the number or count) of CCs as well as their ‘composition’ (i.e. the patterns of particular CCs) might be jointly of interest when considering the prevalence of MCCs in populations and how the nature of MCCs may vary across subpopulations of interest. It is seen that information about intensity tells an incomplete story about MCC health outcomes.

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  • John Mullahy, 2024. "Investigating Health Outcomes Defined by Multiple Chronic Conditions," Contributions to Economic Analysis, in: Recent Developments in Health Econometrics, volume 127, pages 255-270, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:ceazzz:s0573-855520240000297013
    DOI: 10.1108/S0573-855520240000297013
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