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RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access)

Multi-morbidity: a system design challenge in delivering patient-centred care

Dagmar M. Ceramidas A C and Nicholas J. Glasgow B
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A Farmwide Pty Ltd, PO Box 2110, Tuggeranong, ACT 2901, Australia.

B Medicine and Health Sciences, Medical School, Bldg 42, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. Email: nicholas.glasgow@anu.edu.au

C Corresponding author. Email: dagmar@ceramidas.com

Australian Health Review 37(3) 309-311 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH13003
Submitted: 26 December 2011  Accepted: 26 February 2013   Published: 17 May 2013

Journal Compilation © AHHA 2013


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