Multiple morbidity combinations impact on medical expenditures among older adults

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Chi, Mei ju ^a   Lee, Cheng yi ^b,c   Wu, Shwu chong ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Medical utilizations; Multiple morbidity combination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; URBANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 79953108359     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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