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Growth and Changes in the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Workforce with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Donald E. Pathman and Thomas R. Konrad
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2012, 25 (5) 723-733; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.05.110261
Donald E. Pathman
From the Department of Family Medicine, and Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (DEP); and University of North Carolina Institute on Aging, Chapel Hill (TRK).
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Thomas R. Konrad
From the Department of Family Medicine, and Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (DEP); and University of North Carolina Institute on Aging, Chapel Hill (TRK).
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