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Fewer Family Physicians Are in Solo Practices

Lars E. Peterson, Elizabeth Baxley, Carlos Roberto Jaén and Robert L. Phillips
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2015, 28 (1) 11-12; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.01.140217
Lars E. Peterson
the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky (LEP, RLP); the Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (EB); the Departments of Family & Community Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio (CRJ); and the Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH) Center, San Antonio, TX (CRJ).
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Elizabeth Baxley
the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky (LEP, RLP); the Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (EB); the Departments of Family & Community Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio (CRJ); and the Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH) Center, San Antonio, TX (CRJ).
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Carlos Roberto Jaén
the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky (LEP, RLP); the Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (EB); the Departments of Family & Community Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio (CRJ); and the Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH) Center, San Antonio, TX (CRJ).
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Robert L. Phillips
the American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky (LEP, RLP); the Department of Family Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (EB); the Departments of Family & Community Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio (CRJ); and the Research to Advance Community Health (ReACH) Center, San Antonio, TX (CRJ).
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Lars E. Peterson, Elizabeth Baxley, Carlos Roberto Jaén, Robert L. Phillips
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2015, 28 (1) 11-12; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.01.140217

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