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Predicting Persistently High Primary Care Use

James M. Naessens, Macaran A. Baird, Holly K. Van Houten, David J. Vanness and Claudia R. Campbell
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2005, 3 (4) 324-330; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.352
James M. Naessens
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    I am very happy to see this work in print, having been been familiar with it beforehand. I am happy to see it because it represents another step in helping primary care physicians deal effectively with the overserviced/underserved patients that we all have. As a primary care physician, I see such patients daily. I know that they consume a disproportionate share of health care resources, which we can ill afford. This res...

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    I am very happy to see this work in print, having been been familiar with it beforehand. I am happy to see it because it represents another step in helping primary care physicians deal effectively with the overserviced/underserved patients that we all have. As a primary care physician, I see such patients daily. I know that they consume a disproportionate share of health care resources, which we can ill afford. This research documents the problem, and offers a method for identifying this subset of patients. It provides a take off point for applying various methodologies to address the needs of these patients.

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James M. Naessens, Macaran A. Baird, Holly K. Van Houten, David J. Vanness, Claudia R. Campbell
The Annals of Family Medicine Jul 2005, 3 (4) 324-330; DOI: 10.1370/afm.352

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