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Research ArticleOriginal Research

Higher Primary Care Physician Continuity is Associated With Lower Costs and Hospitalizations

Andrew Bazemore, Stephen Petterson, Lars E. Peterson, Richard Bruno, Yoonkyung Chung and Robert L. Phillips
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2018, 16 (6) 492-497; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2308
Andrew Bazemore
1Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies, Washington, DC
MD, MPH
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  • For correspondence: abazemore@aafp.org
Stephen Petterson
1Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies, Washington, DC
PhD
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Lars E. Peterson
2American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
3Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
MD, PhD
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Richard Bruno
4Baltimore Medical System, Baltimore, Maryland
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Yoonkyung Chung
1Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies, Washington, DC
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Robert L. Phillips Jr
2American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
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