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Mental Health Conditions are Associated With Increased Health Care Utilization Among Urban Family Medicine Patients
Colleen T. Fogarty, Sapna Sharma, Veerappa K. Chetty and Larry Culpepper
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine September 2008, 21 (5) 398-407; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.05.070082
Colleen T. Fogarty
MD, MSc
Sapna Sharma
MBChB, MPH
Veerappa K. Chetty
PhD

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The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine
Vol. 21, Issue 5
September-October 2008
Mental Health Conditions are Associated With Increased Health Care Utilization Among Urban Family Medicine Patients
Colleen T. Fogarty, Sapna Sharma, Veerappa K. Chetty, Larry Culpepper
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Sep 2008, 21 (5) 398-407; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.05.070082
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