Challenges of managing people with multimorbidity in today's healthcare systems

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Moffat, Keith ^a   Mercer, Stewart W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICINE; POLYPHARMACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES;

COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MEDICINE; POLYPHARMACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84944061217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0344-4     Document Type: Review

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