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A Core Outcome Set for Multimorbidity Research (COSmm)

Susan M. Smith, Emma Wallace, Chris Salisbury, Maxime Sasseville, Elizabeth Bayliss and Martin Fortin
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2018, 16 (2) 132-138; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2178
Susan M. Smith
1HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Ireland
MD, MSc, MB, BAO, BCh, DCH, MRCPI, MRCGP
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Emma Wallace
1HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Ireland
MB BAO BcH (Hons), BMedSci (Hons), MICGP, PhD, HDip (ClinEd), DCH
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Chris Salisbury
2Centre for Academic Primary Care, NIHR School for Primary Care Research, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
MB, ChB(Bristol), MSc(Lond), DRCOG, FRCGP, MD
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Maxime Sasseville
3Department of Health Sciences Research, Research Chair on Chronic Diseases in Primary Care, Chicoutimi (Quebec), Canada
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Elizabeth Bayliss
4Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado
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Martin Fortin
5Département de médecine de famille, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke (Québec), Canada
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vol. 16 no. 2 132-138
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2178
PubMed 
29531104

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication May 20, 2017
  • Revision received September 12, 2017
  • Accepted for publication October 15, 2017
  • Published online March 12, 2018.

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  1. Susan M. Smith, MD, MSc, MB, BAO, BCh, DCH, MRCPI, MRCGP1,
  2. Emma Wallace, MB BAO BcH (Hons), BMedSci (Hons), MICGP, PhD, HDip (ClinEd), DCH1,
  3. Chris Salisbury, MB, ChB(Bristol), MSc(Lond), DRCOG, FRCGP, MD2,
  4. Maxime Sasseville, RN3,
  5. Elizabeth Bayliss, MD, MSPH4 and
  6. Martin Fortin, MD, MSc, CMFC(F)5
  1. 1HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Department of General Practice, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Ireland
  2. 2Centre for Academic Primary Care, NIHR School for Primary Care Research, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
  3. 3Department of Health Sciences Research, Research Chair on Chronic Diseases in Primary Care, Chicoutimi (Quebec), Canada
  4. 4Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado
  5. 5Département de médecine de famille, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke (Québec), Canada
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Susan Smith, MD, MSc, MB BCh BAO, DCH, MRCPI, MRCGP, HRB Centre for Primary Care Research, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), 123 Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland, susansmith{at}rcsi.ie

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