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Is a Strategy Focused on Super-Utilizers Equal to the Task of Health Care System Transformation? No.

Warren Polk Newton and Ann Lefebvre
The Annals of Family Medicine January 2015, 13 (1) 8-9; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1747
Warren Polk Newton
1Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2North Carolina Area Health Education Centers, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
MD, MPH
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Ann Lefebvre
1Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2North Carolina Area Health Education Centers, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
MSW, CPHQ
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vol. 13 no. 1 8-9
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1747
PubMed 
25583885

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication September 16, 2014
  • Revision received November 24, 2014
  • Accepted for publication November 26, 2014
  • Published online January 12, 2015.

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  1. Warren Polk Newton, MD, MPH1,2⇑ and
  2. Ann Lefebvre, MSW, CPHQ1,2
  1. 1Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  2. 2North Carolina Area Health Education Centers, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Warren Polk Newton, MD, MPH, William B. Aycock Distinguished Professor & Chair, UNC Department of Family Medicine, CB#7595 William B. Aycock Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7595, Warren_Newton{at}med.unc.edu

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