Associations between multimorbidity, healthcare utilisation and health status: Evidence from 16 European countries

Age and Ageing

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 431-435

  Palladino, Raffaele ^a   Lee, John Tayu ^a,b   Ashworth, Mark ^c   Triassi, Maria ^d   Millett, Christopher ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Health status; Healthcare utilisation; Multimorbidity; Older people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ITALY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84965018470     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw044     Document Type: Article

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