A claims data-based comparison of comorbidity in individuals with and without dementia

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bauer, Kathrin ^a   Schwarzkopf, Larissa ^a   Graessel, Elmar ^b   Holle, Rolf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Care setting; Disease groups; Elderly; Gender; Multimorbidity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE; MALE; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84892945657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-10     Document Type: Article

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