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Medical Home Implementation in Small Primary Care Practices: Provider Perspectives

Gilbert Gimm, Jay Want, Dan Hough, Treniese Polk, Margaret Rodan and Len M. Nichols
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2016, 29 (6) 767-774; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.06.160077
Gilbert Gimm
From the Department of Health Administration and Policy, Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, and School of Nursing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (GG, TP, MR, LMN); the Center for Improving Value in Health Care, Denver, CO (JW); and Alan Newman Research, Richmond, VA (DH).
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Jay Want
From the Department of Health Administration and Policy, Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, and School of Nursing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (GG, TP, MR, LMN); the Center for Improving Value in Health Care, Denver, CO (JW); and Alan Newman Research, Richmond, VA (DH).
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Dan Hough
From the Department of Health Administration and Policy, Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, and School of Nursing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (GG, TP, MR, LMN); the Center for Improving Value in Health Care, Denver, CO (JW); and Alan Newman Research, Richmond, VA (DH).
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Treniese Polk
From the Department of Health Administration and Policy, Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, and School of Nursing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (GG, TP, MR, LMN); the Center for Improving Value in Health Care, Denver, CO (JW); and Alan Newman Research, Richmond, VA (DH).
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Margaret Rodan
From the Department of Health Administration and Policy, Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, and School of Nursing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (GG, TP, MR, LMN); the Center for Improving Value in Health Care, Denver, CO (JW); and Alan Newman Research, Richmond, VA (DH).
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Len M. Nichols
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2016, 29 (6) 767-774; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.06.160077

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Gilbert Gimm, Jay Want, Dan Hough, Treniese Polk, Margaret Rodan, Len M. Nichols
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2016, 29 (6) 767-774; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.06.160077
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