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How Many Problems Do Family Physicians Manage at Each Encounter? A WReN Study

John W. Beasley, Terry H. Hankey, Rodney Erickson, Kurt C. Stange, Marlon Mundt, Marguerite Elliott, Pamela Wiesen and James Bobula
The Annals of Family Medicine September 2004, 2 (5) 405-410; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.94
John W. Beasley
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vol. 2 no. 5 405-410
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.94
PubMed 
15506571

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The Annals of Family Medicine
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1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Published online October 5, 2004.

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  1. John W. Beasley, MD1,
  2. Terry H. Hankey, MD2,
  3. Rodney Erickson, MD2,
  4. Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD3,
  5. Marlon Mundt, MS1,
  6. Marguerite Elliott, DO1,
  7. Pamela Wiesen, MBA4 and
  8. James Bobula, PhD1
  1. 1Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wis
  2. 2Private practice, Madison, Wis
  3. 3Department of Family Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
  4. 4Wisconsin Research Network (WReN), Madison, Wis
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: John W. Beasley, MD Department of Family Medicine University of Wisconsin Medical School 777 South Mills Street Madison, WI 53715 jbeasley{at}fammed.wisc.edu
  1. Portions of this work have been presented at the Wisconsin Research Network (WReN) meeting, Wisconsin Dells, Wis, October 25, 2002, and the National Network Convocation, Silver City, Md, March 22, 2003.

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The Annals of Family Medicine Sep 2004, 2 (5) 405-410; DOI: 10.1370/afm.94

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