Prevalence of chronic diseases among older patients in German general practices.
CONCLUSIONS: Our study showed that the prevalence of CDs is high in the German elderly population. Hypertension was the most frequent chronic condition and around 25% of patients displayed at least four CDs.
PMID: 26977142 [PubMed - in process]
Source: GMS German Medical Science - Category: Journals (General) Tags: Ger Med Sci Source Type: research
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