Relative contribution of various chronic diseases and multi-morbidity to potential disability among Dutch elderly
Abstract Background The amount of time spent living with disease greatly influences elderly people’s wellbeing, disability and healthcare costs, but differs by disease, age and sex. Methods We assessed how various single and combined diseases differentially affect life years spent living with diseas...
Main Authors: | Riaan Botes, Karin M. Vermeulen, Janine Correia, Erik Buskens, Fanny Janssen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-01-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2820-0 |
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