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Multimorbidity and Socioeconomic Deprivation in Primary Care Consultations

Stewart W. Mercer, Yuefang Zhou, Gerry M. Humphris, Alex McConnachie, Andisheh Bakhshi, Annemieke Bikker, Maria Higgins, Paul Little, Bridie Fitzpatrick and Graham C.M. Watt
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2018, 16 (2) 127-131; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2202
Stewart W. Mercer
1Academic Unit of General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Well-being, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Yuefang Zhou
2School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Gerry M. Humphris
2School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Alex McConnachie
3Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Andisheh Bakhshi
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Annemieke Bikker
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Maria Higgins
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Paul Little
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Bridie Fitzpatrick
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vol. 16 no. 2 127-131
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2202
PubMed 
29531103

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication June 26, 2017
  • Revision received October 27, 2017
  • Accepted for publication November 30, 2017
  • Published online March 12, 2018.

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  1. Stewart W. Mercer, MBChB, PhD1,
  2. Yuefang Zhou, PhD2,
  3. Gerry M. Humphris, PhD2,
  4. Alex McConnachie, PhD3,
  5. Andisheh Bakhshi, PhD3,
  6. Annemieke Bikker, MSc1,
  7. Maria Higgins, MSc1,
  8. Paul Little, MBChB, PhD4,
  9. Bridie Fitzpatrick, PhD1 and
  10. Graham C.M. Watt, MBChB, PhD1
  1. 1Academic Unit of General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Well-being, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
  2. 2School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
  3. 3Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Boyd Orr Building, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
  4. 4Primary Medical Care, Aldermoor Health Centre, Aldermoor close, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Stewart Mercer, PhD, Academic Unit of General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Well-being, University of Glasgow G12 8RZ, Glaslow, Scotland, United Kingdom, sm83z{at}clinmed.gla.ac.uk

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