Multimorbidity in general practice: Prevalence, incidence, and determinants of co-occurring chronic and recurrent diseases

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 367-375

  Van den Akker, Marjan ^a   Buntix, Frank ^a   Metsemakers, Job F M ^a   Roos, Sjef ^a   Knottnerus, J André ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Determinants; General practice; Multimorbidity; Statistical disease clustering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RECURRENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031948372     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00306-5     Document Type: Article

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