Impact of multimorbidity: Acute morbidity, area of residency and use of health services across the life span in a region of south Europe

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Foguet Boreu, Quintí ^a,b,c   Violan, Concepció ^a,b   Roso Llorach, Albert ^a,b   Rodriguez Blanco, Teresa ^a,b   Pons Vigués, Mariona ^a,b   Muñoz Pérez, Miguel A ^a,b   Pujol Ribera, Enriqueta ^a,b   Valderas, Jose M ^d  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI D'INVESTIGACIÓ EN ATENCIÓ PRIMÀRIA JORDI GOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Hospital de Campdevanol   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Chronic disease; Life stage; Multimorbidity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902303424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-55     Document Type: Article

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