Weighted multimorbidity indexes predicted mortality, health service use, and health-related quality of life in older women

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-159

  Tooth, Leigh ^a   Hockey, Richard ^a   Byles, Julie ^b   Dobson, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Health services; Mortality; Multimorbidity; Quality of life; Women

Indexed keywords

IRON;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STROKE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 37449031941     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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