Multimorbidity in emergency departments: urgent need for integrated care

Affiliations

¹ Sorbonne Université, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Service d'Accueil des Urgences, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, UMR-S 1136, Paris, France.
² Sorbonne Université, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Service d'Accueil des Urgences, Paris, France.

Editorial

Youri Yordanov et al. BMJ Med. 2024.

. 2024 Aug 16;3(1):e000989.

doi: 10.1136/bmjmed-2024-000989. eCollection 2024.

¹ Sorbonne Université, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Service d'Accueil des Urgences, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, UMR-S 1136, Paris, France.
² Sorbonne Université, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Service d'Accueil des Urgences, Paris, France.

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