Comorbidity patterns in patients with chronic diseases in general practice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  García Olmos, Luis ^a   Salvador, Carlos H ^b   Alberquilla, Ángel ^c   Lora, David ^d   Carmona, Montserrat ^e   García Sagredo, Pilar ^b   Pascual, Mario ^b   Muñoz, Adolfo ^b   Monteagudo, José Luis ^b   García López, Fernando ^e  

^a Multiprofessional Education Unit for Family and Community Care (Southwest)   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Multiprofessional Education Unit for Family and Community Care (Center)   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; SYNDROME DELINEATION; AGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84857132654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032141     Document Type: Article

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