Development and Validation of a Nordic Multimorbidity Index Based on Hospital Diagnoses and Filled Prescriptions

Kasper Bruun Kristensen, Lars Christian Lund, Peter Bjødstrup Jensen, Anne Broe, Emelie Curovic Rotbain, Per Damkier, Anton Pottegård, Jacob Harbo Andersen, Mikkel Højlund, Morten Olesen,

Clinical Epidemiology · 2022 · 37 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

The NMI predicted 5-year mortality in a general Danish population and six cohorts of new users of selected drugs and was superior to the CCI and ECI. The NMI could be preferred over these indices to quantify the level of multimorbidity for, eg, descriptive purposes or confounding control. The NMI should be validated in other patient populations and other Nordic countries.

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