Fig 1.
A) Distribution of multi-morbidity in hospitalised elderly patients B) Multi-morbidity by age group C) Gender prevalence by age for patients with multi-morbidity of 2+.
Table 1.
Sample characteristics.
Fig 2.
Bi-plot for multi-morbidity level and targeted medical conditions. Group 1 (dashed line); Group 2 (thick line); Group 3 (thin line).
Dot-dashed line corresponds to average profiles. Blue dots represent the position of medical conditions on the bi-plot. Red dots represent multi-morbidity levels and green triangles represent the age groups as supplementary variables.
Fig 3.
Venn diagram illustrating the overlap between the HRG definition and our proposed definition for complex elderly patients.