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The 10 Building Blocks of High-Performing Primary Care

Thomas Bodenheimer, Amireh Ghorob, Rachel Willard-Grace and Kevin Grumbach
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2014, 12 (2) 166-171; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1616
Thomas Bodenheimer
Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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vol. 12 no. 2 166-171
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1616
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24615313

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The Annals of Family Medicine
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1544-1709
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1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication May 9, 2013
  • Revision received August 22, 2013
  • Accepted for publication September 12, 2013
  • Published online March 10, 2014.

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  1. Thomas Bodenheimer, MD⇑,
  2. Amireh Ghorob, MPH,
  3. Rachel Willard-Grace, MPH 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, San Francisco, Bldg 80-83, SF General Hospital, 995 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, TBodenheimer{at}fcm.ucsf.edu or tbodie{at}earthlink.net

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