The influence of age, gender and socio-economic status on multimorbidity patterns in primary care. first results from the multicare cohort study

• Main Authors: Schäfer Ingmar (Author), Hansen Heike (Author), Schön Gerhard (Author), Höfels Susanne (Author), Altiner Attila (Author), Dahlhaus Anne (Author), Gensichen Jochen (Author), Riedel-Heller Steffi (Author), Weyerer Siegfried (Author), Blank Wolfgang A (Author), König Hans-Helmut (Author), von dem Knesebeck Olaf (Author), Wegscheider Karl (Author), Scherer Martin (Author), van den Bussche Hendrik (Author), Wiese Birgitt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Multimorbidity is a phenomenon with high burden and high prevalence in the elderly. Our previous research has shown that multimorbidity can be divided into the multimorbidity patterns of 1) anxiety, depression, somatoform disorders (...