Multimorbidity and its measurement

Health Policy

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-8

  Starfield, Barbara ^a   Kinder, Karen ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ACG System; Case mix; Multimorbidity; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTED CLINICAL GROUPS SYSTEM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; MULTIMORBIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 80054791482     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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