Examining the Prevalence and Patterns of Multimorbidity in Canadian Primary Healthcare: A Methodologic Protocol using a National Electronic Medical Record Database
In many developed countries, the burden of disease has shifted from acute to long-term or chronic diseases – producing new and broader challenges for patients, healthcare providers, and healthcare systems. Multimorbidity, the coexistence of two or more chronic diseases within an individual, is recog...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Comorbidity |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.15256/joc.2015.5.61 |