The prevalence of disease clusters in older adults with multiple chronic diseases - A systematic literature review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Sinnige, Judith ^a,b   Braspenning, Jozé ^b   Schellevis, François ^a,c   Stirbu Wagner, Irina ^a   Westert, Gert ^b   Korevaar, Joke ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CATARACT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISORDERS OF LIPID METABOLISM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; AGE; AGED; META ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84893168894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079641     Document Type: Article

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