Beyond comorbidity :Expanding the definition and measurement of complexity among older adults using administrative claims data

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 3 SUPPL. 2, 2014, Pages

  Chrischilles, Elizabeth ^a   Schneider, Kathleen ^b,c   Wilwert, June ^c   Lessman, Gregory ^c   O'Donnell, Brian ^c   Gryzlak, Brian ^a   Wright, Kara ^a   Wallace, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Schneider Research Associates LLC   (United States)

^c A General Dynamics Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional status; Medicare; Multiple chronic conditions

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; KIDNEY DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894447811     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000026     Document Type: Article

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