Trends in elderly diagnoses: Links with multi-morbidity

British Journal of Health Care Management

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 553-558

  Jones, Rod ^a  

^a Healthcare Analysis and Forecasting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Digestive; Elderly; Infectious outbreaks; Multi morbidity; Respiratory; Wounds and injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888327266     PISSN: 13580574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjhc.2013.19.11.553     Document Type: Article

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