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Primary Care Access to New Patient Appointments for California Medicaid Enrollees: A Simulated Patient Study

Joy Melnikow, Ethan Evans, Guibo Xing, Shauna Durbin, Dominique Ritley, Brock Daniels and Lindsey Woodworth
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2020, 18 (3) 210-217; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2502
Joy Melnikow
1Center for Healthcare for Policy and Research, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
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Ethan Evans
2Department of Social Work, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California
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Guibo Xing
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Shauna Durbin
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vol. 18 no. 3 210-217
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2502
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32393556

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The Annals of Family Medicine
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1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication December 15, 2018
  • Revision received July 7, 2019
  • Accepted for publication August 13, 2019
  • Published online May 1, 2020.

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  1. Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH1⇑,
  2. Ethan Evans, PhD2,
  3. Guibo Xing, PhD1,
  4. Shauna Durbin, MPH1,
  5. Dominique Ritley, MPH1,
  6. Brock Daniels, MD, MPH3 and
  7. Lindsey Woodworth, PhD4
  1. 1Center for Healthcare for Policy and Research, University of California, Davis, Davis, California
  2. 2Department of Social Work, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California
  3. 3Division of Emergency Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
  4. 4Department of Economics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH, Center for Healthcare for Policy and Research, University of California, Davis 2103 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95817, jamelnikow{at}ucdavis.edu

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