Effects of multimorbidity on health care utilization and costs;Auswirkungen von multimorbidität auf die inanspruchnahme medizinischerversorgungsleistungen und die versorgungskosten

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 685-692

  Lehnert, T ^a   Konig H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Health care utilization; Literature review; Multimorbidity; Multiple chronic conditions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84863895295     PISSN: 14369990     EISSN: 14371588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-012-1475-6     Document Type: Article

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