Prevalence of multimorbidity among adults seen in family practice

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-228

  Fortin, Martin ^a,b   Bravo, Gina ^a   Hudon, Catherine ^a   Vanasse, Alain ^a   Lapointe, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Unité de Médecine de Famille   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Comorbidity; Epidemiologic studies; Family practice; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUMULATIVE ILLNESS RATING SCALE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

COMORBIDITY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 20444417798     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.272     Document Type: Review

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