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Marjan van den Akker

Marjan van den Akker

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
47
Citations
12410
World Ranking
3323
National Ranking
88

Overview

Marjan van den Akker is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their primary field of research is Medicine, with a focus on the subfields of Epidemiology, Economics and Econometrics, Geriatrics and Gerontology, General Health Professions, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research covers several main topics, including:

  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Medication Adherence and Compliance
  • Frailty in Older Adults

Marjan van den Akker has published extensively, contributing to a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • BMJ Open
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity
  • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • European Journal of Public Health

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by them are:

  • Comorbidity versus multimorbidity: Why it matters, 2021, Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity
  • Magnitude and determinants of multimorbidity and health care utilization among patients attending public versus private primary care: a cross-sectional study from Odisha, India, 2020, International Journal for Equity in Health
  • Current state of research on the clinical benefits of herbal medicines for non-life-threatening ailments, 2023, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Impact of comorbidity on health-related quality of life among type 2 diabetic patients in primary care, 2020, Primary Health Care Research & Development
  • End-of-Life Care Preferences of Older Patients with Multimorbidity: A Mixed Methods Systematic Review, 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine

Frequent collaborators in van den Akker's work include:

  • Christiane Muth
  • Truc Sophia Dinh
  • Ferdinand M. Gerlach
  • Ana Isabel González-González
  • Maria-Sophie Brueckle

Best Publications

  • Multimorbidity in General Practice: Prevalence, Incidence, and Determinants of Co-Occurring Chronic and Recurrent Diseases

    Marjan van den Akker;Frank Buntinx;Job F.M. Metsemakers;Sjef Roos

  • Comorbidity or multimorbidity

    Marjan van den Akker;Frank Buntinx;J André Knottnerus

  • Multimorbidity patterns: a systematic review

    Alexandra Prados-Torres;Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga;Jorge Hancco-Saavedra;Beatriz Poblador-Plou;Beatriz Poblador-Plou

  • Multimorbidity and quality of life: Systematic literature review and meta-analysis.

    Tatjana T. Makovski;Susanne Schmitz;Maurice P. Zeegers;Saverio Stranges

  • Multimorbidity's many challenges

    Martin Fortin;Hassan Soubhi;Catherine Hudon;Elizabeth A Bayliss

  • Higher incidence of depression preceding the onset of Parkinson's disease: A register study

    Albert F.G. Leentjens;Marjan Van den Akker;Job F.M. Metsemakers;Richel Lousberg

  • Prognostic value of handgrip strength in people aged 60 years and older: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Joke M. Rijk;Paul R. K. M. Roos;Laura Deckx;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker

  • Prevalence estimates of multimorbidity: a comparative study of two sources

    Martin Fortin;Catherine Hudon;Jeannie Haggerty;Marjan van den Akker

  • The Ariadne principles: how to handle multimorbidity in primary care consultations

    Christiane Muth;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker;Jeanet W Blom;Christian D Mallen

  • Problems in determining occurrence rates of multimorbidity

    Marjan van den Akker;Frank Buntinx;Sjef Roos;J.André Knottnerus

  • Clusters of lifestyle behaviors : Results from the Dutch SMILE study

    H. de Vries;J.P. Van 't Riet;M.G. Spigt;J.F.M. Metsemakers

  • Risk factors for loneliness in patients with cancer: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.

    Laura Deckx;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker;Frank Buntinx;Frank Buntinx

  • Prevalence and outcomes of multimorbidity in South Asia: a systematic review.

    Sanghamitra Pati;Subhashisa Swain;Mohammad Akhtar Hussain;Marjan van den Akker

  • Lifestyle for Brain Health (LIBRA): a new model for dementia prevention

    Olga J. G. Schiepers;Sebastian Köhler;Kay Deckers;Kate Irving

  • A meta-analysis on depression and subsequent cancer risk.

    Marjolein Ej Oerlemans;Marjan van den Akker;Agnes G Schuurman;Eliane Kellen

  • Cardiovascular disease patients have increased risk for comorbidity : A cross-sectional study in the Netherlands

    Candan Kendir;Marjan van den Akker;Rein Vos;Job Metsemakers

  • Learning and Caring in Communities of Practice: Using Relationships and Collective Learning to Improve Primary Care for Patients with Multimorbidity

    Hassan Soubhi;Elizabeth A. Bayliss;Martin Fortin;Catherine Hudon

  • Multimorbidity and comorbidity revisited: refining the concepts for international health research.

    Kathryn Nicholson;Tatjana T. Makovski;Lauren E. Griffith;Parminder Raina

  • Comorbidity versus multimorbidity: Why it matters:

    Christopher Harrison;Martin Fortin;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker;Marjan van den Akker;Frances Mair

  • Integrated disease management improves one-year quality of life in primary care COPD patients: a controlled clinical trial

    Niels H Chavannes;Marlous Grijsen;Marjan van den Akker;Huub Schepers

  • The relation between depression, coping and health locus of control: Differences between older and younger patients, with and without cancer

    Jurian W. F. Aarts;Laura Deckx;Doris L. van Abbema;Vivianne C. G. Tjan-Heijnen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Bosma
Hans Bosma Maastricht University
Martin Fortin
Martin Fortin Université de Sherbrooke
Martin P.J. van Boxtel
Martin P.J. van Boxtel Maastricht University
Sharon E. Straus
Sharon E. Straus University of Toronto
Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health
Albert F.G. Leentjens
Albert F.G. Leentjens Maastricht University
Tim Dornan
Tim Dornan Queen's University Belfast

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