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Free Children’s Visits and General Practice Attendance

Michael Edmund O’Callaghan, Lina Zgaga, Darach O’Ciardha and Thomas O’Dowd
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2018, 16 (3) 246-249; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2229
Michael Edmund O’Callaghan
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
MICGP, MSc
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Lina Zgaga
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Darach O’Ciardha
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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vol. 16 no. 3 246-249
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2229
PubMed 
29760029

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication June 26, 2017
  • Revision received September 22, 2017
  • Accepted for publication November 22, 2017
  • Published online May 14, 2018.

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  1. Michael Edmund O’Callaghan, MICGP, MSc,
  2. Lina Zgaga, MD, MSc, PhD,
  3. Darach O’Ciardha, MICGP and
  4. Thomas O’Dowd, MA, MD, MICGP, FRCGP, FTCD
  1. Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Michael O’Callaghan, MICGP, MSc, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, 6th Fl, The Russell Centre, Tallaght Cross West, Dublin 24, Ireland, drmichaelocallaghan{at}gmail.com

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