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Prevalence of comorbidity of chronic diseases in Australia

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of comorbidity is high, with 80% of the elderly population having three or more chronic conditions. Comorbidity is associated with a decline in many health outcomes and increases in mortality and use of health care resources. The aim of this study was to identify, review a...

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Autores principales: Caughey, Gillian E, Vitry, Agnes I, Gilbert, Andrew L, Roughead, Elizabeth E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2474682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18582390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-221