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Connecting Emergency Department Patients to Primary Care

Randell Wexler, Jennifer L. Hefner, Cynthia Sieck, Christopher A. Taylor, Jennifer Lehman, Ashish R. Panchal, Alison Aldrich and Ann Scheck McAlearney
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2015, 28 (6) 722-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.150044
Randell Wexler
From the Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine (RW, JLH, CS, CAT, JL, AA, ASM), the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CAT), the Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine (ARP), and the Division of Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health (ASM), The Ohio State University, Columbus.
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Jennifer L. Hefner
From the Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine (RW, JLH, CS, CAT, JL, AA, ASM), the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CAT), the Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine (ARP), and the Division of Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health (ASM), The Ohio State University, Columbus.
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Cynthia Sieck
From the Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine (RW, JLH, CS, CAT, JL, AA, ASM), the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CAT), the Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine (ARP), and the Division of Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health (ASM), The Ohio State University, Columbus.
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Christopher A. Taylor
From the Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine (RW, JLH, CS, CAT, JL, AA, ASM), the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CAT), the Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine (ARP), and the Division of Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health (ASM), The Ohio State University, Columbus.
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Jennifer Lehman
From the Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine (RW, JLH, CS, CAT, JL, AA, ASM), the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CAT), the Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine (ARP), and the Division of Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health (ASM), The Ohio State University, Columbus.
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Ashish R. Panchal
From the Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine (RW, JLH, CS, CAT, JL, AA, ASM), the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CAT), the Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine (ARP), and the Division of Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health (ASM), The Ohio State University, Columbus.
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Alison Aldrich
From the Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine (RW, JLH, CS, CAT, JL, AA, ASM), the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CAT), the Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine (ARP), and the Division of Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health (ASM), The Ohio State University, Columbus.
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Ann Scheck McAlearney
From the Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine (RW, JLH, CS, CAT, JL, AA, ASM), the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (CAT), the Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine (ARP), and the Division of Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health (ASM), The Ohio State University, Columbus.
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2015, 28 (6) 722-732; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.150044

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2015, 28 (6) 722-732; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.150044
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