Primary Care Physician Workforce and Medicare Beneficiaries' Health Outcomes
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Primary care physician workforce and Medicare beneficiaries' health outcomes.
CONTEXT Despite a widespread interest in increasing the numbers of primary care physicians to improve care and to moderate costs, the relationship of the primary care physician workforce to patient-level outcomes remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVE To measure the association between the adult primary care physician workforce and individual patient outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANT...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.665