Multimorbidity and associated informal care receiving characteristics for US older adults: a latent class analysis
Ruotong Liu,
Corey L. Nagel,
Siting Chen
et al.
Abstract:Background
Older adults with varying patterns of multimorbidity may require distinct types of care and rely on informal caregiving to meet their care needs. This study aims to identify groups of older adults with distinct, empirically-determined multimorbidity patterns and compare characteristics of informal care received among estimated classes.
Methods
Data are from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS). Ten chronic conditions w… Show more
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