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Family Medicine Outpatient Encounters are More Complex Than Those of Cardiology and Psychiatry

David Katerndahl, Robert Wood and Carlos Roberto Jaén
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2011, 24 (1) 6-15; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2011.01.100057
David Katerndahl
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