Which chronic diseases and disease combinations are specific to multimorbidity in the elderly? Results of a claims data based cross-sectional study in Germany

• Main Authors: Schäfer Ingmar (Author), von Leitner Eike-Christin (Author), Glaeske Gerd (Author), Wegscheider Karl (Author), Hansen Heike (Author), Kolonko Tina (Author), Koller Daniela (Author), van den Bussche Hendrik (Author), Schön Gerhard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Growing interest in multimorbidity is observable in industrialized countries. For Germany, the increasing attention still goes still hand in hand with a small number of studies on multimorbidity. The authors report the first results...