Examination of co-morbidity of chronic conditions using the Serious and Continuting Illness Policy and Practice Study (SCIPPS) Survey data

Understanding patterns and identifying common clusters of chronic diseases is useful for policymakers, researchers and clinicians to understand the care process, and potentially to save both provider and patient time and cost. However, only limited research has been conducted in this area. Furthermore, there remains ambiguity as those limited previous studies used different approaches and study findings may vary with approaches. With this project we are trying to estimate the prevalence of common chronic diseases and examines co-occurrence of diseases using a range of statistical methods.

Publications

Jeon, YH, Jowsey, T, Yen, LM, Glasgow, NJ, Essue, B, Kljakovic, M, Pearce-Brown, C, Mirzaei, M, Usherwood, T, Jan, S, Kraus, SG and Aspin, C. 2010. Achieving a balanced life in the face of chronic illness. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 16(1)66-74.

Jeon, YH, Kraus, SG, Jowsey, T, and Glasgow, NJ. The experience of living with chronic heart failure: a narrative review of qualitative studies. BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10:77.  doi:10.1186/1472-6963-10-77. 

Partnerships

  • Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, The Australian National University
  • The Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sydney
  • Medical School, The Australian National University
  • Menzies Centre for Health Policy
  • The George Institute for International Health, The University of Sydney
  • Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney
  • Yazd Cardiovascular Research Centre, Shahid Sadoughi University, Iran

Project status

Completed

Research centre