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Types of morbidity and categories of patients in a Swedish county
Applying the Johns Hopkins adjusted clinical groups system to encounter data in primary health care

Lennart Carlsson Center for Family Medicine Stockholm, Department of Clinical Science, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Unit for Social Medicine and Health Economics, Stockholm Centre for Public Health, Stockholm County Council, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lars-Erik Strender Center for Family Medicine Stockholm, Department of Clinical Science, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Gerd Fridh Division of Primary Care, Blekinge County Council, Sweden
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Gunnar Nilsson Center for Family Medicine Stockholm, Department of Clinical Science, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 174-179 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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