Comparisons of UK General Practice and US Family Practice
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Comparisons of UK general practice and US family practice.
Both the United States l -3 and the United Kingdom4,5 are in the midst of major restructurings of their health care systems to expand and create more central roles for primary care. These new approaches create valuable financial efficiencies and improve quality of care.6-13 In the United States extensive definition and planning for these changes has been ongoing for more than 2 decades, especia...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.12.2.162