Prevalence, Determinants and Patterns of Multimorbidity in Primary Care: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies

Concepció Violan; Quintí Foguet-Boreu; Gemma Flores-Mateo; Chris Salisbury; Jeanet Blom; Michael Freitag; Liam Glynn; Christiane Muth; Jose M Valderas

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0102149

Prevalence, Determinants and Patterns of Multimorbidity in Primary Care

A Systematic Review of Observational Studies

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ID	23328890
Authors	Concepció Violan, Quintí Foguet-Boreu, Gemma Flores-Mateo, Chris Salisbury (0000-0002-4378-3960), Jeanet Blom, Michael Freitag (0000-0003-1767-9104), Liam Glynn (0000-0002-6153-9363), Christiane Muth (0000-0001-8987-182X), Jose M Valderas (0000-0002-9299-1555)
Editors	Angelo Scuteri (0000-0003-4784-5441)
Year	2014
Volume	9
Issue	7
Pages	e102149
Publication date	2014-07-21
Peer Reviewed	Yes
Open Access	Yes
Type	ARTICLE
Venue	PLoS ONE (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiers	ISSN: 1932-6203 • E-ISSN: 1932-6203
Publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0102149
PMID	25048354
PMCID	PMC4105594
Language	EN
Citations received	116
References cited	51

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