Comorbidity Burden and Health Services Use in Community-Living Older Adults with Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 35-42

  Gruneir, Andrea ^a,b,c   Markle Reid, Maureen ^d   Fisher, Kathryn ^d   Reimer, Holly ^d   Ma, Xiaomu ^b   Ploeg, Jenny ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community living; Comorbidity; Diabetes; Health service utilization; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; COMMUNITY CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84954290783     PISSN: 14992671     EISSN: 23523840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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