How do multi-morbidity and polypharmacy affect general practice attendance and referral rates? A retrospective analysis of consultations

• Andrew O’Regan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: andrew.oregan@ul.ie

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Health Research Institute, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8470-2736

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• Jane O’Doherty,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Health Research Institute, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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• Ray O’Connor,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Health Research Institute, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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• Walter Cullen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Vikram Niranjan,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Public Health Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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• Liam Glynn,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Health Research Institute, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, Health Research Board Primary Care Clinical Trial Network, Galway, Ireland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6153-9363

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• Ailish Hannigan

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, Health Research Institute, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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