Co- and multimorbidity patterns in primary care based on episodes of care: Results from the German CONTENT project

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Laux, Gunter ^a   Kuehlein, Thomas ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS MORBIDITY REGISTRATION EPIDEMIOLOGIC NETWORK; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; MULTIMORBIDITY PATTERN; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GERMANY; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 39149111204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-14     Document Type: Article

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