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Patient Empanelment: The Importance of Understanding Who Is at Home in the Medical Home

Kevin Grumbach and J. Nwando Olayiwola
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2015, 28 (2) 170-172; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.150011
Kevin Grumbach
From the Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
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J. Nwando Olayiwola
From the Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
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Kevin Grumbach, J. Nwando Olayiwola
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2015, 28 (2) 170-172; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.150011

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