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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Geriatr Med. 2016 May;32(2):227–246. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2016.01.014

MEDLINE Search Strategy

Search String
#1 Cardiovascular disease [title/abstract]
#2 Myocardial infarction [title/abstract]
#3 Heart failure [title/abstract]
#4 # 1 OR #2 OR #3
#5 Comorbidities [title/abstract]
#6 Multimorbidity [title/abstract]
#7 Multiple chronic conditions [title/abstract]
#8 #5 OR #6 OR #7
#9 Clinical outcomes [title/abstract]
#10 Mortality [title/abstract]
#11 Hospital readmission [title/abstract]
#12 Rehospitalization [title/abstract]
#13 #9 OR #10 OR #11 OR #12
#14 # 4 AND # 8 AND #13
#15 #14 AND full text[sb] AND "last 10
years"[PDat] AND Humans