Five or more drugs prevalence among Italians with multiple chronic diseases 2021
In 2021, the share of general practitioners' patients affected by two or more chronic diseases in Italy was over 25 percent. This statistic shows the prevalence of daily use of five or more medications among patients with at least two chronic diseases. The use of five or more medications increased together with the number of chronic diseases, peaking at 99.1 percent for individuals affected by eight chronic diseases, but decreased to 83.3 percent for patients affected by nine diseases.