The challenge of measuring multi-morbidity and its costs

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wittenberg, Raphael ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

EID: 84928793522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20454015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-4015-4-1     Document Type: Note

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