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Original Article

How do general practitioners recognize the definition of multimorbidity? A European qualitative study

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Pages 159-168 | Received 25 Dec 2014, Accepted 25 Nov 2015, Published online: 27 May 2016

Figures & data

Table 1. Interview guide.

Table 2. Participants’ data.

Table 3. Comparison between academic criteria for multimorbidity based on the literature review and the criteria defined as main codes from the interviews—ranked in the different themes. Themes are the themes developed in the concept of multimorbidity and/or by the GPs. Academic criteria are those used in the EGPRN concept of multimorbidity. GPs’ criteria are the criteria described by GPs. International criteria means that those criteria have been described in at least five out of seven countries.

Table 4. Comparison between original and final definition of multimorbidity.

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