The German MultiCare-study: Patterns of multimorbidity in primary health care - protocol of a prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Schäfer Ingmar (Author), Hansen Heike (Author), Schön Gerhard (Author), Maier Wolfgang (Author), Höfels Susanne (Author), Altiner Attila (Author), Fuchs Angela (Author), Gerlach Ferdinand M (Author), Petersen Juliana J (Author), Gensichen Jochen (Author), Schulz Sven (Author), Riedel-Heller Steffi (Author), Luppa Melanie (Author), Weyerer Siegfried (Author), Werle Jochen (Author), Bickel Horst (Author), Barth Kerstin (Author), König Hans-Helmut (Author), Rudolph Anja (Author), Wiese Birgitt (Author), Prokein Jana (Author), Bullinger Monika (Author), Knesebeck Olaf (Author), Eisele Marion (Author), Kaduszkiewicz Hanna (Author), Wegscheider Karl (Author), Bussche Hendrik (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Multimorbidity is a highly frequent condition in older people, but well designed longitudinal studies on the impact of multimorbidity on patients and the health care system have been remarkably scarce in numbers until today. Little i...