Measuring Primary Care Physician Visit Continuity and Patients’ Experiences of Visit Continuity
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Primary care practice coordination versus physician continuity.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Internal Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0884-8734,1525-1497
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0840-5