Prevalence, expenditures, and complications of multiple chronic conditions in the elderly

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 2269-2276

  Wolff, Jennifer L ^a   Starfield, Barbara ^a   Anderson, Gerard ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037111717     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.20.2269     Document Type: Article

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