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Editorial
. 2016 Nov 1;6(2):114-119.
doi: 10.15256/joc.2016.6.95. eCollection 2016.

Integrated multimorbidity management in primary care: why, what, how, and how to?

Joachim P Sturmberg  1 , Richard J Botelho, Bruno Kissling  2
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Editorial

Integrated multimorbidity management in primary care: why, what, how, and how to?

Joachim P Sturmberg et al. J Comorb. .
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Keywords: complex adaptive health care systems; health care reform; health system; integrated health care systems; multimorbidity; nonlinear dynamics; philosophy of health; physiological networks; primary care; somato-psycho-socio-semiotic model of health.

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The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interests.

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Figure 1
A network model of multimorbidity. The figure illustrates the network relationships between external and internal factors on the personal experience of health. Interventions that modify the person’s health and health experience are highlighted. PNI, pscyhoneuroimmunology.
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