Patterns of ambulatory medical care utilization in elderly patients with special reference to chronic diseases and multimorbidity - Results from a claims data based observational study in Germany

BACKGROUND: In order to estimate the future demands for health services, the analysis of current utilization patterns of the elderly is crucial. The aim of this study is to analyze ambulatory medical care utilization by elderly patients in relation to age, gender, number of chronic conditions, patte...

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Autores principales: van den Bussche, Hendrik, Schön, Gerhard, Kolonko, Tina, Hansen, Heike, Wegscheider, Karl, Glaeske, Gerd, Koller, Daniela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21914191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-11-54

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