Identifying Patterns of Multimorbidity in Older Americans: Application of Latent Class Analysis

OBJECTIVES: To empirically define multimorbidity “classes” based on patterns of disease co-occurrence among older Americans and to examine how class membership predicts healthcare utilization. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study SETTING: Nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries in f...

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Published in:J Am Geriatr Soc
Main Authors: Whitson, Heather E., Johnson, Kimberly S., Sloane, Richard, Cigolle, Christine, Pieper, Carl F., Landerman, Lawrence, Hastings, Susan Nicole
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988894/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27309908
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.14201
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