Comorbidity in patients with diabetes mellitus: impact on medical health care utilization

• Main Authors: Westert Gert P (Author), Schellevis Francois G (Author), Baan Caroline A (Author), Struijs Jeroen N (Author), van den Bos Geertrudis AM (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Comorbidity has been shown to intensify health care utilization and to increase medical care costs for patients with diabetes. However, most studies have been focused on one health care service, mainly hospital care, or limited their...