Insights on multimorbidity and associated health service use and costs from three population-based studies of older adults in Ontario with diabetes, dementia and stroke

• Main Authors: Lauren E. Griffith (Author), Andrea Gruneir (Author), Kathryn Fisher (Author), Dilzayn Panjwani (Author), Amiram Gafni (Author), Christopher Patterson (Author), Maureen Markle-Reid (Author), Jenny Ploeg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Most studies that examine comorbidity and its impact on health service utilization focus on a single index-condition and are published in disease-specific journals, which limit opportunities to identify patterns across conditions/disciplines. These comparisons are further complic...