Time Trends in Prevalence of Chronic Diseases and Multimorbidity Not Only due to Aging: Data from General Practices and Health Surveys

Chronic diseases and multimorbidity are common and expected to rise over the coming years. The objective of this study is to examine the time trend in the prevalence of chronic diseases and multimorbidity over the period 2001 till 2011 in the Netherlands, and the extent to which this can be ascribed...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 11; no. 8; p. e0160264
Main Authors:	van Oostrom, Sandra H, Gijsen, Ronald, Stirbu, Irina, Korevaar, Joke C, Schellevis, Francois G, Picavet, H. Susan J, Hoeymans, Nancy
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 02.08.2016 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging Aging (Biology) Aging - pathology Analysis Archives & records Biology and Life Sciences Child Child, Preschool Chronic Disease - epidemiology Chronic diseases Chronic illnesses Comorbidity Diabetes Diseases Electronic health records Electronic Health Records - statistics & numerical data Female General Practice - statistics & numerical data Health aspects Health care Health care policy Health Surveys - statistics & numerical data Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Medical records Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Multimorbidity Netherlands - epidemiology Older people Patients People and Places Polls & surveys Population Population studies Prevalence studies (Epidemiology) Primary care Public health Registration Regression Analysis Regression models Research and Analysis Methods Risk factors Standardization Trends Netherlands
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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