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Estimating a Reasonable Patient Panel Size for Primary Care Physicians With Team-Based Task Delegation

Justin Altschuler, David Margolius, Thomas Bodenheimer and Kevin Grumbach
The Annals of Family Medicine September 2012, 10 (5) 396-400; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1400
Justin Altschuler
Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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David Margolius
Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Thomas Bodenheimer
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  • For correspondence: TBodenheimer@fcm.ucsf.edu
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vol. 10 no. 5 396-400
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1400
PubMed 
22966102

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication October 25, 2011
  • Revision received January 11, 2012
  • Accepted for publication January 25, 2012
  • Published online September 10, 2012.

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  1. Justin Altschuler, MD,
  2. David Margolius, MD,
  3. Thomas Bodenheimer, MD⇓ and
  4. Kevin Grumbach, MD
  1. Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Thomas Bodenheimer, MD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, Bldg 80-83, SF General Hospital, 995 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, TBodenheimer{at}fcm.ucsf.edu

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