Capsule commentary on Lynch et al., Geographic and racial/ethnic variations in patterns of multimorbidity burden in patients with type 2 diabetes

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Omolola Adepoju. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Jan.

. 2015 Jan;30(1):93.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-3005-8.

¹ Accountable Care and Health Homes Programs, United Health Group, Sugar Land, TX, USA, omololaelizabeth.adepoju@va.gov.

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Geographic and racial/ethnic variations in patterns of multimorbidity burden in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Lynch CP, Gebregziabher M, Axon RN, Hunt KE, Payne E, Egede LE. Lynch CP, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Jan;30(1):25-32. doi: 10.1007/s11606-014-2990-y. Epub 2014 Aug 16. J Gen Intern Med. 2015. PMID: 25127728 Free PMC article.

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