Multimorbidity Patterns in the Elderly: A New Approach of Disease Clustering Identifies Complex Interrelations between Chronic Conditions

• Ingmar Schäfer ,

  * E-mail: in.schaefer@uke.uni-hamburg.de

  Affiliation Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Eike-Christin von Leitner,

  Affiliation Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Gerhard Schön,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Daniela Koller,

  Affiliation Division of Health Economics, Health Policy and Health Services Research, Centre for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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• Heike Hansen,

  Affiliation Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Tina Kolonko,

  Affiliation Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Hanna Kaduszkiewicz,

  Affiliation Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Karl Wegscheider,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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• Gerd Glaeske,

  Affiliation Division of Health Economics, Health Policy and Health Services Research, Centre for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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• Hendrik van den Bussche

  Affiliation Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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