Health care service utilization among the elderly: Findings from the Study to Understand the Chronic Condition Experience of the Elderly and the Disabled (SUCCEED project)

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1044-1049

  Nie, Jason X ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Tracy, C Shawn ^a   Moineddin, Rahim ^b   Upshur, Ross Eg ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Elderly; Epidemiology; Health care service utilization; Multimorbidity; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 55649118917     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2008.00952.x     Document Type: Article

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