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How Can Primary Care Cross the Quality Chasm?

Leif I. Solberg, Kurtis S. Elward, William R. Phillips, James M. Gill, Graham Swanson, Deborah S. Main, Barbara P. Yawn, James W. Mold, Robert L. Phillips and ; for the Napcrg Committee on Advancing the Science of Family Medicine
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2009, 7 (2) 164-169; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.951
Leif I. Solberg
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Kurtis S. Elward
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William R. Phillips
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James M. Gill
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Deborah S. Main
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vol. 7 no. 2 164-169
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.951
PubMed 
19273872

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication February 18, 2000
  • Revision received July 3, 2008
  • Accepted for publication July 13, 2008
  • Published online March 9, 2009.

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© 2009 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

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  1. Leif I. Solberg, MD1,
  2. Kurtis S. Elward, MD, MPH2,
  3. William R. Phillips, MD, MPH3,
  4. James M. Gill, MD, MPH4,
  5. Graham Swanson, MD, MSc5,
  6. Deborah S. Main, PhD6,
  7. Barbara P. Yawn, MD, MSc7,
  8. James W. Mold, MD, MPH8,
  9. Robert L. Phillips Jr, MD, MSPH9 and
  10. for the Napcrg Committee on Advancing the Science of Family Medicine
  1. 1Health Partners, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  2. 2University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
  3. 3University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
  4. 4Delaware Valley Outcomes Research, Newark, New Jersey
  5. 5McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  6. 6University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
  7. 7Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota
  8. 8University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  9. 9Graham Center, Washington, DC
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Leif I. Solberg, MD, HealthPartners Research Foundation, PO Box 1524, MS#21111R, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1524, leif.i.solberg{at}healthpartners.com

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