Age and gender differences in the prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in the older population

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Abad Díez, José María ^a,b,c   Calderón Larrañaga, Amaia ^b,c,d,e   Poncel Falcó, Antonio ^c,f   Poblador Plou, Beatriz ^c,d,e   Calderón Meza, José Manuel ^e   Sicras Mainar, Antoni ^g   Clerencia Sierra, Mercedes ^c   Prados Torres, Alexandra ^b,c,d,e  

^a Government of Aragon   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^f Aragon Health Service   (Spain)

^g Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Comorbidity; Frail elderly; Multimorbidity; Prevalence; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPAIN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPAIN;

EID: 84902301884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-75     Document Type: Article

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