Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 54, Issue 7 , Pages 675-679 , July 2001

Problems in determining occurrence rates of multimorbidity

  • Marjan van den Akker

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 43 388 2321; fax: +31 43 361 9344. E-mail address:(M. v.d. Akker)
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  • Frank Buntinx

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Sjef Roos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Informatics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • J.André Knottnerus

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 15 March 1999 ,Revised 31 October 2000 ,Accepted 8 November 2000.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
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