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Defining Comorbidity: Implications for Understanding Health and Health Services

Jose M. Valderas, Barbara Starfield, Bonnie Sibbald, Chris Salisbury and Martin Roland
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2009, 7 (4) 357-363; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.983
Jose M. Valderas
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vol. 7 no. 4 357-363
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.983
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19597174

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1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication April 16, 2008
  • Revision received September 9, 2008
  • Accepted for publication October 8, 2008
  • Published online July 13, 2009.

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  1. Jose M. Valderas, MD, PhD, MPH1,
  2. Barbara Starfield, MD, MPH2,
  3. Bonnie Sibbald, MSc, PhD1,
  4. Chris Salisbury, MB, ChB, MSc, FRCGP3 and
  5. Martin Roland, CBE, DM, FRCGP, FRCP, FMedSci1
  1. 1National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
  2. 2Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
  3. 3National Institute for Health Research School for Primary Care Research, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Jose M. Valderas, MD, NIHR School for Primary Care Research The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL United Kingdom jose.valderas{at}manchester.ac.uk
  1. A version of this report was presented at a preconference workshop on multimorbidity at the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting, Oct 20–23, 2007, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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