PCD’s Multiple Chronic Conditions Collection Now Available

PCD’s Multiple Chronic Conditions Collection Now Available

PCD’s Multiple Chronic Conditions Collection Now Available

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent this bulletin at 04/26/2013 02:34 PM EDT

ISSN: 1545-1151 April 26, 2013

PCD NEWS

Multiple Chronic Conditions Collection     This week Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) released 8 articles focusing on multiple chronic conditions. The articles within this collection address the current trends in population growth, age distribution, and disease dynamics that forecast rises in the prevalence of chronic diseases, other chronic conditions, and combinations of chronic conditions.   Collection Topics Include: Defining and Measuring Chronic Conditions: Imperatives for Research, Policy, Program, and Practice Prevalence of Multiple Chronic Conditions Among US Adults: Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, 2010 Health Care Expenditures for Adults With Multiple Treated Chronic Conditions: Estimates From the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2009 Multiple Chronic Conditions Among US Adults Who Visited Physician Offices: Data From the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2009 Hospital Utilization, Costs, and Mortality for Adults With Multiple Chronic Conditions, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2009 Prevalence of Multiple Chronic Conditions Among Medicare Beneficiaries, United States, 2010 The Dimensions of Multiple Chronic Conditions: Where Do We Go From Here? Co-Occurrence of Leading Lifestyle-Related Chronic Conditions Among Adults in the United States, 2002-2009 Read the full collection online at www.cdc.gov/pcd.

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