Syndemic thinking to address multimorbidity and its structural determinants

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, Published online: 04 May 2023; doi:10.1038/s41572-023-00437-2
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.