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Multimorbidity and healthcare resource utilization in Switzerland: a multicentre cohort study

ContributorsAubert, Carole E; Fankhauser, Niklaus; Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Stirnemann, Jérôme; Aujesky, Drahomir; Limacher, Andreas; Donzé, Jacques
Published inBMC Health Services Research, vol. 19, no. 1, 708
Publication date2019
Abstract

Multimorbidity is associated with higher healthcare resource utilization, but we lack data on the association of specific combinations of comorbidities with healthcare resource utilization. We aimed to identify the combinations of comorbidities associated with high healthcare resource utilization among multimorbid medical inpatients.

Keywords
  • Aged
  • Chronic Disease/epidemiology/therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimorbidity
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care/statistics & numerical data
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Switzerland/epidemiology
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AUBERT, Carole E et al. Multimorbidity and healthcare resource utilization in Switzerland: a multicentre cohort study. In: BMC Health Services Research, 2019, vol. 19, n° 1, p. 708. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4575-2
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Additional URL for this publicationhttps://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-019-4575-2
Journal ISSN1472-6963
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