Use of an orientation clinic to reduce failed new patient appointments in primary care
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of General Internal Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0884-8734,1525-1497
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.00201.x