Relationship between health-related quality of life, comorbidities and acute health care utilisation, in adults with chronic conditions

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hutchinson, Anastasia F ^a,b   Graco, Marnie ^a,c   Rasekaba, Tshepo Mokuedi ^a,d   Parikh, Sumit ^a   Berlowitz, David John ^c   Lim, Wen Kwang ^a,d  

^a Northern Clinical Research Centre   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute healthcare utilisation; Aged care; Ambulatory care sensitive conditions; Chronic disease management; Chronic heart failure; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Diabetes; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-10; INDEPENDENT LIVING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930211101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12955-015-0260-2     Document Type: Article

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