Healthcare task difficulty among older adults with multimorbidity.

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Published in Med Care on March 01, 2014

Authors

Cynthia M Boyd1, Jennifer L Wolff, Erin Giovannetti, Lisa Reider, Carlos Weiss, Qian-li Xue, Bruce Leff, Chad Boult, Travonia Hughes, Cynthia Rand

Author Affiliations

1: *Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine †Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD ‡NCQA §PCORI, Washington, DC.

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