The concept of syndemics specifies which, where and how disease concentrations and interactions emerge and persist. Recognizing multimorbidity within a population or region is fundamental to syndemics because multimorbid conditions often share upstream drivers, including social inequalities. Applying syndemics to health care can inform clinical and policy interventions.
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Dixon, J., Mendenhall, E. Syndemic thinking to address multimorbidity and its structural determinants. Nat Rev Dis Primers 9, 23 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-023-00437-2
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