OtherFamily Medicine And The Health Care System

The Medical Home: Growing Evidence to Support a New Approach to Primary Care

Thomas C. Rosenthal
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2008, 21 (5) 427-440; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.05.070287

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