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General Practitioners in US Medical Practice Compared With Family Physicians

William R. Phillips, Mingliang Dai, John J. Frey and Lars E. Peterson
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2020, 18 (2) 127-130; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2503
William R. Phillips
1Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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John J. Frey III
3Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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vol. 18 no. 2 127-130
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2503
PubMed 
32152016

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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 2, 2019
  • Revision received July 28, 2019
  • Accepted for publication August 16, 2019
  • Published online March 9, 2020.

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  1. William R. Phillips, MD, MPH1⇑,
  2. Mingliang Dai, PhD2,
  3. John J. Frey III, MD3 and
  4. Lars E. Peterson, MD, PhD2,4
  1. 1Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
  2. 2American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
  3. 3Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
  4. 4Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: William R. Phillips, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine, Box 356390, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, wphllps{at}uw.edu

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