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The Economic Impact of Rural Family Physicians Practicing Obstetrics

Daniel M. Avery, Dwight E. Hooper, John T. McDonald, Michael W. Love, Melanie T. Tucker and Jason M. Parton
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2014, 27 (5) 602-610; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140052
Daniel M. Avery Jr.
From the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (DMA, DEH, JTM); the College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (MWL); the Department of Community & Rural Medicine, Institute for Rural Health, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (MTT); and the Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (JMP).
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Dwight E. Hooper
From the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (DMA, DEH, JTM); the College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (MWL); the Department of Community & Rural Medicine, Institute for Rural Health, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (MTT); and the Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (JMP).
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John T. McDonald Jr.
From the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (DMA, DEH, JTM); the College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (MWL); the Department of Community & Rural Medicine, Institute for Rural Health, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (MTT); and the Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (JMP).
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Michael W. Love
From the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (DMA, DEH, JTM); the College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (MWL); the Department of Community & Rural Medicine, Institute for Rural Health, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (MTT); and the Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (JMP).
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Melanie T. Tucker
From the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (DMA, DEH, JTM); the College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (MWL); the Department of Community & Rural Medicine, Institute for Rural Health, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (MTT); and the Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (JMP).
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Jason M. Parton
From the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (DMA, DEH, JTM); the College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (MWL); the Department of Community & Rural Medicine, Institute for Rural Health, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (MTT); and the Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (JMP).
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vol. 27 no. 5 602-610
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140052
PubMed 
25201930

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication February 3, 2014
  • Revision received May 21, 2014
  • Accepted for publication June 2, 2014
  • Published online September 8, 2014.

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© Copyright 2014 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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  1. Daniel M. Avery Jr., MD,
  2. Dwight E. Hooper, MD, MBA,
  3. John T. McDonald Jr., MD, CPA,
  4. Michael W. Love, BS,
  5. Melanie T. Tucker, PhD, CHES and
  6. Jason M. Parton, PhD
  1. From the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (DMA, DEH, JTM); the College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (MWL); the Department of Community & Rural Medicine, Institute for Rural Health, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (MTT); and the Department of Information Systems, Statistics and Management Science, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (JMP).
  1. Corresponding author: Daniel M. Avery, Jr., MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, College of Community Health Sciences, The University of Alabama, 850 5th Avenue East, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 (E-mail: davery{at}cchs.ua.edu).
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Daniel M. Avery, Dwight E. Hooper, John T. McDonald, Michael W. Love, Melanie T. Tucker, Jason M. Parton
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2014, 27 (5) 602-610; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140052

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Daniel M. Avery, Dwight E. Hooper, John T. McDonald, Michael W. Love, Melanie T. Tucker, Jason M. Parton
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2014, 27 (5) 602-610; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140052
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