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  • Public Health
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Patients with complex health care needs (PCHCN) represent a significant burden on healthcare resources due to extensive and costly care requirements.
  • Tailoring care delivery processes and teams to patient subgroups with similar needs is crucial for value-based primary care.
  • Understanding the patterns of chronic conditions in PCHCN is essential for optimizing healthcare resource allocation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the most frequent chronic conditions and their combinations within a cohort of elderly PCHCN.
  • To identify distinct patterns of multimorbidity in this patient population.
  • To provide insights for better organizing interventions for PCHCN.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of a cohort of elderly PCHCN from Azienda ULSS4-Veneto, specifically those in Resource Utilization Bands 4 and 5.
  • Extraction and combination of Expanded Diagnosis Clusters with Rx-MGs diagnoses.
  • Application of latent class analysis to identify morbidity patterns, focusing on dyads and triads of 15 selected diseases/disorders.

Main Results:

  • Five primary disease clusters were identified in the PCHCN cohort.
  • These clusters included metabolic-ischemic heart diseases, neurological and mental disorders, cardiac diseases (e.g., congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation), respiratory conditions, and neoplasms.
  • Specific, common associations between chronic diseases were revealed.

Conclusions:

  • The study identified distinct patterns of multimorbidity in elderly patients with complex health care needs.
  • Understanding these disease associations can inform more effective and targeted interventions.
  • This research contributes to better organization and delivery of care for PCHCN.