Co- and multimorbidity patterns in primary care based on episodes of care: results from the German CONTENT project

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Due to technological progress and improvements in medical care and health policy the average age of patients in primary care is continuously growing. In equal measure, an increasing proportion of mostly elderly primary care patients...

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Main Authors: Rosemann Thomas, Kuehlein Thomas, Laux Gunter, Szecsenyi Joachim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-01-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/8/14