OtherFamily Medicine and the Health Care System
When Do Older Patients Change Primary Care Physicians?
James W. Mold, George E. Fryer and A. Michelle Roberts
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice November 2004, 17 (6) 453-460; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.17.6.453
James W. Mold
MD, MPH
George E. Fryer
PhD
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When Do Older Patients Change Primary Care Physicians?
James W. Mold, George E. Fryer, A. Michelle Roberts
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Nov 2004, 17 (6) 453-460; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.6.453
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