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ArticleEuropean journal of ageing2006

Complex health problems in the oldest old in Sweden 1992-2002.

Bettina Meinow, Marti G Parker, Ingemar Kåreholt, Mats Thorslund

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Article in European journal of ageing, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Bettina MeinowAging Research Center, Karolinska Institute & Stockholm University, GÄVLEGATAN 16, 113 30 Stockholm, Sweden.
Marti G ParkerAging Research Center, Karolinska Institute & Stockholm University, GÄVLEGATAN 16, 113 30 Stockholm, Sweden.
Ingemar KåreholtAging Research Center, Karolinska Institute & Stockholm University, GÄVLEGATAN 16, 113 30 Stockholm, Sweden.
Mats ThorslundAging Research Center, Karolinska Institute & Stockholm University, GÄVLEGATAN 16, 113 30 Stockholm, Sweden.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most studies on health trends in the elderly population focus on specific conditions, studied one at a time. However, health problems are often interrelated and exist simultaneously in late life. Individuals with health problems in several domains present special challenges to care services. To estimate future needs for care it may be relevant to study trends of complex health problems as well as single health items. This study identified serious problems in three domains (diseases/symptoms, mobility, cognition/communication) in two representative samples of the Swedish population aged 77 and older (1992:

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Complex health problemsFrail elderlyMorbidity trendsMulti-morbidityOldest old

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PMID28794755
PMCPMC5546262

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