Paul Aylin

Challenges of clustering disease trajectories in people with multiple long-term conditions using data from 7.2 million patients

Abstract Background Generating clusters of people with similar patterns of Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) could help target healthcare services for specific patient groups. We aimed to generate data-driven clusters of patients based on their disease trajectories and assess...

Primary care quality and secondary healthcare utilisation in patients with multimorbidity: a retrospective cohort study

Background High-quality primary care can improve multimorbidity management but little evidence is available to understand its impact on secondary care use over time. Aim To assess the concurrent and lagged associations between quality of primary care and planned and unplanned sec...