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Figure 2. Average number of primary care and specialist physician visits for patients for comorbid conditions, in adults aged 65 years and older, by morbidity burden.

Note: Conditions were weighted to take into account differences in their prevalences.

* Per patient per year.

${dagger}$ P < .0001, using a paired t test whereby diagnoses are weighted by the number of patients.