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Table 1 Variables

From: Adjusted morbidity groups and survival: a retrospective cohort study of primary care patients with chronic conditions

Age

Quantitative years

Sex

Categorical male/female

Immobilization

Qualitative yes/no, considered as spending most of the time in bed or having considerable difficulty in moving around (which prevents them from leaving their home, except in exceptional cases) for any reason and who foreseeable duration of this difficulty is greater than two months

Institutionalization

Qualitative yes/no, considered as staying in nursing home/retirement home

Primary caregiver

Qualitative yes/no, considered as having a caregiver at home

Home support

Qualitative yes/no

Receiving palliative care

Qualitative yes/no

Risk level by AMG

Qualitative low/medium/high

Complexity index by AMG

Quantitative numerical value of patient complexity assigned by AMG which is an index measured as a function of morbidity and health service utilization

Multimorbidity

Qualitative yes/no considered as the simultaneous presence of 2 or more chronic conditions in a patient that require a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach [23,24,25]

Chronic conditions (presented in Additional File 1).

Qualitative yes/no

Polymedication

Qualitative yes/no, considered as patients with medication regimen that implies having been prescribed five or more medications for their chronic conditions as a reference treatment

Death

Qualitative yes/no

  1. AMG: Adjusted morbidity groups