Effect of socio-demographic and health factors on the association between multimorbidity and acute care service use: population-based survey linked to health administrative data

• Main Authors: Kathryn A. Fisher (Author), Lauren E. Griffith (Author), Andrea Gruneir (Author), Ross Upshur (Author), Richard Perez (Author), Lindsay Favotto (Author), Francis Nguyen (Author), Maureen Markle-Reid (Author), Jenny Ploeg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background This study explores how socio-demographic and health factors shape the relationship between multimorbidity and one-year acute care service use (i.e., hospital, emergency department visits) in older adults in Ontario, Canada. Methods We linked multiple cycles (2005-2006, 2007-2008...