Identifying Patterns of Multimorbidity in Older Americans: Application of Latent Class Analysis

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1668-1673

  Whitson, Heather E ^a,b   Johnson, Kimberly S ^a,b   Sloane, Richard ^a,b   Cigolle, Christine T ^c,d   Pieper, Carl F ^a   Landerman, Lawrence ^a   Hastings, Susan N ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

comorbidity; complexity; health service use

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84982267387     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14201     Document Type: Article

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