Toward a more cogent approach to the challenges of multimorbidity

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-101

  Goodman, Richard A ^a,b,c   Parekh, Anand K ^c   Koh, Howard K ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Comorbidity; Multiple chronic conditions

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS;

EID: 84859526135     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1391     Document Type: Editorial

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