Nancy C Elder, Kelley Barney
"But what does it mean for me?" Primary care patients' communication preferences for test results notification
Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety
many diabetes mellitus dm patients suffer multimorbidity understanding dm multimorbidity network given priority purpose study characterize dm multimorbidity network people 50 years data 75 noncommunicable diseases ncds extracted electronic medical records 309843 hospitalized patients older 50 years least one ncd association rules analysis used novel classification method combined chisquare tests identify associations ncds dm total 12 ncds closely related dm cholelithiasis dm unexpected combination dyslipidemia dm gout dm largest lift male female groups respectively negative related group included 7 ncds 9 ncds included strong association rules combinations different age sex males strongest rule peripheral vascular disease pvd dyslipidemia dm hypertension dyslipidemia chronic liver disease cld dm strongest females patients younger 70 years hypertension cld dyslipidemia dominant ncds dm multimorbidity network patients 70 years older chronic kidney disease ckd cvd chd heart disease hd frequently cooccurred dm future primary healthcare policies dm formulated based age sex patients younger 70 years attention hypertension cld dyslipidemia required attention ckd cvd chd hd needed patients older 70 years