Circulatory Diseases in the U.S. Elderly in the Linked National Long-Term Care Survey-Medicare Database: Population-Based Analysis of Incidence, Comorbidity, and Disability

Research on Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 437-458

  Akushevich, Igor ^a   Kravchenko, Julia ^b   Ukraintseva, Svetlana ^a,b   Arbeev, Konstantin ^a   Yashin, Anatoli I ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

age pattern; circulatory diseases; comorbidity; disability; elderly; incidence rates; Medicare data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878748660     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027512446941     Document Type: Article

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