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Scoping Review of the epidemiology of multimorbidity in Brazil - Assessment of the existing evidence
Multimorbidity, which is the co-occurrence of two or more physical and mental health chronic conditions, is a common condition in the general population, tending to increase with popualtion aging. Brazil is undergoing a fast population aging process, which demands more knowledge of public health conditions, including multimorbidity. In spite of the existence of a moderate ammount of studies involving multimorbidity, there is no review of the existing evidence of multimorbidity in Brazil