Improving the health of people with multimorbidity: the need for prospective cohort studies

Affiliations

¹ General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and WellBeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
² Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ College of Social Science, Institute of Health and WellBeing, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Editorial

Stewart W Mercer et al. J Comorb. 2011.

. 2011 Dec 27:1:4-7.

doi: 10.15256/joc.2011.1.10. eCollection 2011.

¹ General Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and WellBeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
² Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ College of Social Science, Institute of Health and WellBeing, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: MALT study; long-term conditions; multimorbidity; primary care.

Conflict of interest statement

None declared.

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