Contrasting effects of geriatric versus general medical multimorbidity on quality of ambulatory care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1714-1721

  Min, Lillian ^a,b   Kerr, Eve A ^a,b   Blaum, Caroline S ^c   Reuben, David ^d   Cigolle, Christine ^a,b,e   Wenger, Neil ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; multimorbidity; quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINE INCONTINENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART DISEASES; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84921649280     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12989     Document Type: Article

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