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More Comprehensive Care Among Family Physicians is Associated with Lower Costs and Fewer Hospitalizations

Andrew Bazemore, Stephen Petterson, Lars E. Peterson and Robert L. Phillips
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2015, 13 (3) 206-213; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1787
Andrew Bazemore
1Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC
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Stephen Petterson
1Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC
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Lars E. Peterson
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vol. 13 no. 3 206-213
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1787
PubMed 
25964397

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The Annals of Family Medicine
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1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication October 8, 2014
  • Revision received February 6, 2015
  • Accepted for publication February 19, 2015
  • Published online May 11, 2015.

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  1. Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH1⇑,
  2. Stephen Petterson, PhD1,
  3. Lars E. Peterson, MD, PhD2 and
  4. Robert L. Phillips Jr, MD, MSPH2
  1. 1Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC
  2. 2The American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Andrew W. Bazemore, MD, MPH, Robert Graham Center, 1133 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 100, Washington, DC 230036, ABazemore{at}aafp.org

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