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Family Physicians' Knowledge of Commonly Overused Treatments and Tests
Douglas Maurer, Mark Stephens, Brian Reamy, Brian Crownover, Paul Crawford and Tammy Chang
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine September 2014, 27 (5) 699-703; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140003
Douglas Maurer
From the Madigan Army Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Tacoma, WA (DM); the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (MS, BR); the Nellis Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, Nellis AFB, NV (BC, PC); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TC).
DO, MPHMark Stephens
From the Madigan Army Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Tacoma, WA (DM); the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (MS, BR); the Nellis Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, Nellis AFB, NV (BC, PC); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TC).
MDBrian Reamy
From the Madigan Army Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Tacoma, WA (DM); the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (MS, BR); the Nellis Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, Nellis AFB, NV (BC, PC); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TC).
MDBrian Crownover
From the Madigan Army Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Tacoma, WA (DM); the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (MS, BR); the Nellis Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, Nellis AFB, NV (BC, PC); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TC).
MDPaul Crawford
From the Madigan Army Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Tacoma, WA (DM); the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (MS, BR); the Nellis Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, Nellis AFB, NV (BC, PC); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TC).
MDTammy Chang
From the Madigan Army Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Tacoma, WA (DM); the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (MS, BR); the Nellis Air Force Base Family Medicine Residency, Nellis AFB, NV (BC, PC); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TC).
MD
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Vol. 27, Issue 5
September-October 2014
Family Physicians' Knowledge of Commonly Overused Treatments and Tests
Douglas Maurer, Mark Stephens, Brian Reamy, Brian Crownover, Paul Crawford, Tammy Chang
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Sep 2014, 27 (5) 699-703; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140003
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