Similar multimorbidity patterns in primary care patients from two European regions: Results of a factor analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Poblador Plou, Beatriz ^a,b,c   Van Den Akker, Marjan ^d,e   Vos, Rein ^d   Calderón Larrañaga, Amaia ^a,b,c,f   Metsemakers, Job ^d   Prados Torres, Alexandra ^a,b,c,f  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

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

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903517908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100375     Document Type: Article

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