Table 1 Sources reviewed in analysis of national and international consensus on the definition of LTCs
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity Report on multiple LTCs [11] | Quality and Outcomes Framework LTC registers [12] | NHS Outcomes Framework Chronic Ambulatory Care Sensitive LTCs indicator [13] |
GP Patient Survey Self-reported LTCs (survey) [14] | Ipsos MORI Self-reported LTCs (research study) [15] | Department of Health Compendium of Information on LTCs [16] |
North West London Whole Systems Integrated Care (WSIC) LTC segment definition [17] | Managing Long-term Conditions and Chronic Illness in Primary Care LTC management [18] | NHS Scotland LTC report [19] |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Chronic disease report [20] | British Columbia Ministry of Health Segment definition (Living with Illness and Chronic Conditions) [21] | World Health Organisation Report on non-communicable diseases [22] |
Epidemiology of multimorbidity. Barnett et al Paper on LTCs/multimorbidity [4] | From chronic conditions to relevance in multimorbidity. N’Goran et al Paper on LTCs/multimorbidity [23] | Health Foundation Briefing on LTCs/multimorbidity [1] |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Definition of chronic conditions [24] | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Definition of chronic conditions [25] | NHS England, RightCare LTC data packs [26] |