Longitudinal administrative data can be used to examine multimorbidity, provided false discoveries are controlled for

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1109-1117

  Wong, Albert ^a,b   Boshuizen, Hendriek C ^a   Schellevis, Franois G ^c,d   Kommer, Geert Jan ^a   Polder, Johan J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Disease associations; Disease management; Hospital register; Multimorbidity; Statistical disease clustering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SEPSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052029590     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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