multicausality

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English

Etymology

From multi- +‎ causality.

Noun

multicausality (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being multicausal.
    • 2015 August 5, Alexandre Dias Porto Chiavegatto Filho et al., “Incremental health expenditure and lost days of normal activity for individuals with mental disorders: results from the São Paulo Megacity Study”, in BMC Public Health, volume 15, →DOI:
      Fourth, it could be argued that another limitation is that individuals were asked about health expenditure and lost days of normal activity in terms of any disease and not specifically for mental disorders, but even if this question was available, we would still argue that an overall analysis is more appropriate due to the multicausality of mental disorders and the challenge that is identifying the importance of mental disorders as the determining cause of a lost day of normal activity or a healthcare expenditure.