Multimorbidity patterns in the elderly: a new approach of disease clustering identifies complex interrelations between chronic conditions.

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Multimorbidity patterns in the elderly: a new approach of disease clustering identifies complex interrelations between chronic conditions. / Schäfer, Ingmar; von Leitner, Eike-Christin; Schön, Gerhard; Koller, Daniela; Hansen, Heike; Kolonko, Tina; Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna; Wegscheider, Karl; Glaeske, Gerd; Bussche van den, Hendrik.

In: PLOS ONE, Vol. 5, No. 12, 12, 2010, p. 15941.

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title = "Multimorbidity patterns in the elderly: a new approach of disease clustering identifies complex interrelations between chronic conditions.",
abstract = "Multimorbidity is a common problem in the elderly that is significantly associated with higher mortality, increased disability and functional decline. Information about interactions of chronic diseases can help to facilitate diagnosis, amend prevention and enhance the patients' quality of life. The aim of this study was to increase the knowledge of specific processes of multimorbidity in an unselected elderly population by identifying patterns of statistically significantly associated comorbidity.",
author = "Ingmar Sch{\"a}fer and {von Leitner}, Eike-Christin and Gerhard Sch{\"o}n and Daniela Koller and Heike Hansen and Tina Kolonko and Hanna Kaduszkiewicz and Karl Wegscheider and Gerd Glaeske and {Bussche van den}, Hendrik",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1371/journal.pone.0015941",
language = "Deutsch",
volume = "5",
pages = "15941",
journal = "PLOS ONE",
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AU - Schäfer, Ingmar

AU - von Leitner, Eike-Christin

AU - Schön, Gerhard

AU - Koller, Daniela

AU - Hansen, Heike

AU - Kolonko, Tina

AU - Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna

AU - Wegscheider, Karl

AU - Glaeske, Gerd

AU - Bussche van den, Hendrik

PY - 2010

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AB - Multimorbidity is a common problem in the elderly that is significantly associated with higher mortality, increased disability and functional decline. Information about interactions of chronic diseases can help to facilitate diagnosis, amend prevention and enhance the patients' quality of life. The aim of this study was to increase the knowledge of specific processes of multimorbidity in an unselected elderly population by identifying patterns of statistically significantly associated comorbidity.

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