The relative impact of 13 chronic conditions across three different outcomes

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1056-1061

  Perruccio, Anthony V ^a,b   Power, J Denise ^a,b   Badley, Elizabeth M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; MORBIDITY; POISSON RATIO;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONSULTATION; FIBROMYALGIA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SPINE DISEASE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 36749067388     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.047308     Document Type: Article

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