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Continuity of Care: Is the Personal Doctor Still Important? A Survey of General Practitioners and Family Physicians in England and Wales, the United States, and the Netherlands

Tim Stokes, Carolyn Tarrant, Arch G. Mainous, Henk Schers, George Freeman and Richard Baker
The Annals of Family Medicine July 2005, 3 (4) 353-359; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.351
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vol. 3 no. 4 353-359
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.351
PubMed 
16046569

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication October 12, 2004
  • Revision received January 17, 2005
  • Accepted for publication February 23, 2005
  • Published online July 26, 2005.

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  1. Tim Stokes, PhD, MPH, MBChB1,
  2. Carolyn Tarrant, BSc1,
  3. Arch G. Mainous III, PhD2,
  4. Henk Schers, MSc, MD3,
  5. George Freeman, MD4 and
  6. Richard Baker, MD1
  1. 1Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
  2. 2Department of Family Medicine,Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
  3. 3Department of General Practice,University Medical Centre St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  4. 4Centre for Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Tim Stokes, PhD, Clinical Governance Research and Development Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Division of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW tns2{at}le.ac.uk
  1. A version of this paper, “Continuity of care—is the personal doctor still important? An international survey of general practitioners in England and Wales, Netherlands and United States,” was presented at the SAPC 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Glasgow, UK 15th July 2004.

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