Change in Comorbidity Prevalence with Advancing Age Among Persons with Heart Failure
Ahluwalia SC, Gross CP, Chaudhry SI, Leo-Summers L, Van Ness PH, Fried TR. Change in Comorbidity Prevalence with Advancing Age Among Persons with Heart Failure. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2011, 26: 1145-1151. PMID: 21573881, PMCID: PMC3181289, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1725-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureDiscordant comorbiditiesComorbidity burdenMedicare beneficiariesDiscordant conditionsOlder personsChronic Conditions WarehouseCount of conditionsOverall comorbidity burdenHigher overall burdenOlder Medicare beneficiariesPatterns of comorbidityComorbidity prevalencePrimary illnessPrevalence increasesOverall burdenMedian numberComorbiditiesGreater prevalenceAge strataConcordant conditionsPrevalenceUnrelated conditionsOverall managementOlder beneficiaries