General Practitioners Records Are Epidemiological Predictors of Comorbidities: An Analytical Cross-Sectional 10-Year Retrospective Study.

GPR are usually combined with other data types in EHR studies, but we have shown that prescription data have value as standalone predictive tools, useful to anticipate trends observed at epidemiological level on large populations. This study is thus relevant to policy makers seeking inference tools for an efficient use of massive administrative database resources, and suggests a strategy for detecting comorbidities and investigating their evolution.