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Team Structure and Culture Are Associated With Lower Burnout in Primary Care

Rachel Willard-Grace, Danielle Hessler, Elizabeth Rogers, Kate Dubé, Thomas Bodenheimer and Kevin Grumbach
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2014, 27 (2) 229-238; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.02.130215
Rachel Willard-Grace
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (RW-G, DH, KD, TB, KG), the Center for Excellence in Primary Care (RW-G, DH, ER, KD, TB, KG), and Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (ER), University of California, San Francisco.
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Danielle Hessler
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (RW-G, DH, KD, TB, KG), the Center for Excellence in Primary Care (RW-G, DH, ER, KD, TB, KG), and Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (ER), University of California, San Francisco.
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Elizabeth Rogers
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (RW-G, DH, KD, TB, KG), the Center for Excellence in Primary Care (RW-G, DH, ER, KD, TB, KG), and Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (ER), University of California, San Francisco.
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Kate Dubé
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (RW-G, DH, KD, TB, KG), the Center for Excellence in Primary Care (RW-G, DH, ER, KD, TB, KG), and Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (ER), University of California, San Francisco.
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Thomas Bodenheimer
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (RW-G, DH, KD, TB, KG), the Center for Excellence in Primary Care (RW-G, DH, ER, KD, TB, KG), and Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (ER), University of California, San Francisco.
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Kevin Grumbach
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (RW-G, DH, KD, TB, KG), the Center for Excellence in Primary Care (RW-G, DH, ER, KD, TB, KG), and Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (ER), University of California, San Francisco.
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