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Evidence-Based Medicine and the Hard Problem of Multimorbidity

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This manuscript was partially funded by grants R21 HS18597, R21 HS017653 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and UL1RR025752 from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Boyd’s effort was supported in part by the Johns Hopkins Bayview Center for Innovative Medicine, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholars Program, and the Paul Beeson Career Development Award Program (NIA K23 AG032910, AFAR, The John A. Hartford Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, The Starr Foundation, and an anonymous donor).

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  1. Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

    Cynthia M. Boyd MD, MPH

  2. Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, USA

    David M. Kent MD, CM, MSc

  3. Center on Aging and Health, 5200 Eastern Avenue 7th Floor, Mason F. Lord Building, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA

    Cynthia M. Boyd MD, MPH

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Boyd, C.M., Kent, D.M. Evidence-Based Medicine and the Hard Problem of Multimorbidity. J GEN INTERN MED 29, 552–553 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-013-2658-z

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