Multimorbidity serves as an avatar for the fundamental, recurrent problems of modern medicine and the organization-of-care. It may be defined by its causes or its consequences and reflects our concept of both individual health and its collective management. Tools that would allow a more appropriate measurement of this entity are available; we should use them to match medical reality to the needs of patients.
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