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Patient Preferences for Receiving Reports of Test Results

Jeannine R. LaRocque, Christina L. Davis, Tina P. Tan, Frank J. D'Amico and Daniel J. Merenstein
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2015, 28 (6) 759-766; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.150030
Jeannine R. LaRocque
From the Department of Human Science, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC (JRL, CLD, DJM); the Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC (TPT, DJM); the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA (FJD); and the St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (FJD).
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Christina L. Davis
From the Department of Human Science, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC (JRL, CLD, DJM); the Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC (TPT, DJM); the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA (FJD); and the St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (FJD).
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Tina P. Tan
From the Department of Human Science, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC (JRL, CLD, DJM); the Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC (TPT, DJM); the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA (FJD); and the St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (FJD).
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Frank J. D'Amico
From the Department of Human Science, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC (JRL, CLD, DJM); the Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC (TPT, DJM); the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA (FJD); and the St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA (FJD).
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Daniel J. Merenstein
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