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Unfortunately Denmark also has a very bad cancer survival rate, nearly as bad as in the UK – and co-morbidity caused by alcohol and tobacco has a big influence.
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Nevertheless multiple methodological approaches have been developed to isolate unwarranted variation, although the jargon can get pretty arcane: indirect age-sex-race adjustment, Charlson co-morbidity indices, implicit price deflators, longitudinal cohorts, migration analyses...you get the picture.
H. Gilbert Welch: Are the Dartmouth data wrong? H. Gilbert Welch 2010
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Nevertheless multiple methodological approaches have been developed to isolate unwarranted variation, although the jargon can get pretty arcane: indirect age-sex-race adjustment, Charlson co-morbidity indices, implicit price deflators, longitudinal cohorts, migration analyses ... you get the picture.
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"Doctors have known for a long time that a high waist measurement is a proven indicator of co-morbidity and is a measure that any woman can easily take in front of the bathroom mirror," said spokesman Tam Fry.
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Depression has significant co-morbidity with illnesses associated with hypovitaminosis D such as osteoporosis, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Even though you touched on this, I think it's important to note that there are HUGE age and co-morbidity related differences in how a disease presents itself sometimes.
The More People Think They're Different... 1 Dinosaur 2009
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Most have been discredited by peer review for lack of consideration for indicators of co-morbidity and/or very small sample populations.
Discouraging the use of marijuana, but gently | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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This intervention is critical in addressing TB and HIV co-morbidity.
Speech by Maureen Madumise during the debate on the Health budget vote 2008
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Research shows that the co-morbidity of addiction and mental illness is more than 50%.
Blake Fleetwood: My Name is Paris and I am an Alcoholic. 2008
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Research shows that the co-morbidity of addiction and mental illness is more than 50%.
Blake Fleetwood: My Name is Paris and I am an Alcoholic 2008
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