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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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2Department of Social Work, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California
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Guibo Xing
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Joy Melnikow, Ethan Evans, Guibo Xing, Shauna Durbin, Dominique Ritley, Brock Daniels, Lindsey Woodworth
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2020, 18 (3) 210-217; DOI: 10.1370/afm.2502

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