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The Influence of Family Physicians Within the South African District Health System: A Cross-Sectional Study

Klaus B. von Pressentin, Robert J. Mash, Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven, Roelf Petrus Gerhardus Botha, Indiran Govender, Wilhelm Johannes Steinberg and Tonya M. Esterhuizen
The Annals of Family Medicine January 2018, 16 (1) 28-36; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2133
Klaus B. von Pressentin
1Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
MMed (FamMed), FCFP (SA), PhD
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Robert J. Mash
1Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
FRCGP (UK), FCFP (SA), PhD
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Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven
2Department of Family Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Roelf Petrus Gerhardus Botha
3Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Indiran Govender
4Family Medicine, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa
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Wilhelm Johannes Steinberg
5Family Medicine, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Tonya M. Esterhuizen
6Biostatistics Unit, Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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Klaus B. von Pressentin, Robert J. Mash, Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven, Roelf Petrus Gerhardus Botha, Indiran Govender, Wilhelm Johannes Steinberg, Tonya M. Esterhuizen
The Annals of Family Medicine Jan 2018, 16 (1) 28-36; DOI: 10.1370/afm.2133

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