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Multimorbidity in Patients Attending 2 Australian Primary Care Practices

Tom Brett, Diane Elizabeth Arnold-Reed, Aurora Popescu, Bishoy Soliman, Max Kishor Bulsara, Hilary Fine, Geoff Bovell and Robert George Moorhead
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2013, 11 (6) 535-542; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1570
Tom Brett
1General Practice and Primary Health Care Research, School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia
MD, MRCGP, FRACGP
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  • For correspondence: tom.brett@nd.edu.au
Diane Elizabeth Arnold-Reed
1General Practice and Primary Health Care Research, School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia
2Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
BSc (Hons), PhD
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Aurora Popescu
1General Practice and Primary Health Care Research, School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia
BSc
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Bishoy Soliman
1General Practice and Primary Health Care Research, School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia
BCom, MBBS (Hons)
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Max Kishor Bulsara
3Institute for Health and Rehabilitation Research, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia
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Hilary Fine
1General Practice and Primary Health Care Research, School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia
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Geoff Bovell
1General Practice and Primary Health Care Research, School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia
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Robert George Moorhead
1General Practice and Primary Health Care Research, School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia
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vol. 11 no. 6 535-542
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1570
PubMed 
24218377

Published By 
The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication October 26, 2012
  • Revision received March 27, 2013
  • Accepted for publication April 18, 2013
  • Published online November 11, 2013.

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© 2013 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

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  1. Tom Brett, MD, MRCGP, FRACGP1⇑,
  2. Diane Elizabeth Arnold-Reed, BSc (Hons), PhD1,2,
  3. Aurora Popescu, BSc1,
  4. Bishoy Soliman, BCom, MBBS (Hons)1,
  5. Max Kishor Bulsara, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD3,
  6. Hilary Fine, BSc (Hons), MBBS1,
  7. Geoff Bovell, MBBS1 and
  8. Robert George Moorhead, MD, FRACGP, MICGP1
  1. 1General Practice and Primary Health Care Research, School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia
  2. 2Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
  3. 3Institute for Health and Rehabilitation Research, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Tom Brett, MD, MRCGP, FRACGP, General Practice and Primary Health Care Research, School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, 19 Mouat St, PO Box 1225, Fremantle, Western Australia 6959, tom.brett{at}nd.edu.au

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