Age and gender differences in the prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in the older population

María Abad-Díez, José; Calderón‐Larrañaga, Amaia; Poncel-Falcó, Antonio; Poblador‐Plou, Beatriz; Manuel Calderón-Meza, José; Sicras‐Mainar, Antoni; Clerencia-Sierra, Mercedes; Prados‐Torres, Alexandra

doi:10.1186/1471-2318-14-75

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Age and gender differences in the prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in the older population

Published in BMC Geriatrics • Jun 16, 2014

Authors:

José María Abad-Díez

Amaia Calderón‐Larrañaga

Antonio Poncel-Falcó

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The coexistence of several chronic diseases in one same individual, known as multimorbidity, is an important challenge facing health care systems in developed countries. Recent studies have revealed the existence of multimorbidity patterns clustering systematically associated distinct cl...

Subject

Medicine

Multimorbidity

Demography

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