Medicine is poorly equipped to treat people that develop multiple chronic diseases concurrently, and must commit more resources to improving their treatment, a major global report1 has said.
The report, produced by the UK’s Academy of Medical Sciences, warns that multimorbidity is increasing “on a massive scale.” But it admits that nobody knows how massive, for lack of an agreed definition.
The report, which claims to be the first to look at global multimorbidity, attempts to give a definition, as well as suggest new research initiatives to understand it better and work out how best to organise services to treat it.
While having several chronic conditions at once was previously viewed as part of the ageing …

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重大评论警告说，对患有多种严重疾病的人的治疗“无效”

一份重要的全球性报告1指出，医学设备不足以同时治疗多种慢性疾病，并且必须投入更多资源来改善其治疗方法。
由英国医学科学院制作的该报告警告说，多发病率正在“大规模增加”。但是它承认，由于缺乏一个公认的定义，没人知道它有多大。
该报告声称是第一个研究全球多发病率的报告，它试图给出一个定义，并提出新的研究计划以更好地理解它，并研究出如何最好地组织治疗它的方法。
虽然曾经一次患有多种慢性疾病，但以前认为这是衰老的一部分……