Burden of multimorbidity, socioeconomic status and use of health services across stages of life in urban areas: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Violán, Concepción ^a,b,c   Foguet Boreu, Quintí ^a,b,d   Roso Llorach, Albert ^a,b   Rodriguez Blanco, Teresa ^a,b   Pons Vigués, Mariona ^a,b   Pujol Ribera, Enriqueta ^a,b,c   Muñoz Pérez, Miguel Ángel ^a,b,c   Valderas, Jose M ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Unitat de Medicina Tropical I Salut Internacional Drassanes   (Spain)

^d Hospital de Campdevanol   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic conditions; Inequalities; Life stage; Multimorbidity; Socioeconomic status; Urban area; Use of health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84903618664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-530     Document Type: Article

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