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It Takes Two: Using Coleaders to Champion Improvements in Small Primary Care Practices

Kaia Gallagher, Paul A. Nutting, Donald E. Nease, Deborah G. Graham, Aaron J. Bonham, W. Perry Dickinson and Deborah S. Main
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2010, 23 (5) 632-639; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.05.090198
Kaia Gallagher
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Paul A. Nutting
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Donald E. Nease Jr.
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Deborah G. Graham
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Aaron J. Bonham
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W. Perry Dickinson
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2010, 23 (5) 632-639; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.05.090198
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