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Background: diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) typically excludes individuals with medical co-morbidity.
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DSM-IV criteria for diagnosis of depression do not require significant modification for patients with medical co-morbidity.
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All four somatic symptoms showed robust improvement with treatment, and this improvement did not differ significantly between patients with and without medical co-morbidity.
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Major medical co-morbidities associated with ASD are discussed by body system.
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Medical co-morbidities may have an impact on survival after surgical treatment.
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Medical co-morbidity does not help to distinguish progressive from non-progressive MCI.
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Key variables such as patient demographics, admission indicators, discharge indicators and other medical co-morbidities had differential impacts on observed service use.