Multimorbidity Measurement
Predictors are divided into sociodemographic and comorbidity variables. Mapping ICD codes to Expanded Diagnosis Clusters yields 6,456 comorbidity predictors across clusters, time periods, and care settings. Comorbidities will be represente…
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Predictors are divided into sociodemographic and comorbidity variables. Mapping ICD codes to Expanded Diagnosis Clusters yields 6,456 comorbidity predictors across clusters, time periods, and care settings. Comorbidities will be represented through visit frequency across emergency, hospital, polyclinic, and specialist outpatient settings. Housing type is used as a proxy for socioeconomic status among the sociodemographic variables.