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Outcomes of Integrated Behavioral Health with Primary Care

Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Deborah J. Cohen, Katelyn K. Jetelina, L. Miriam Dickinson, Melinda Davis, Rose Gunn, Kris Gowen, Frank V. deGruy, Benjamin F. Miller and Larry A. Green
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2017, 30 (2) 130-139; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.02.160234
Bijal A. Balasubramanian
From the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, TX (BAB, KKJ); the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (DJC, MD, RG, KG); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver (LMD, FVdG, BFM, LAG).
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Deborah J. Cohen
From the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, TX (BAB, KKJ); the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (DJC, MD, RG, KG); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver (LMD, FVdG, BFM, LAG).
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Katelyn K. Jetelina
From the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, TX (BAB, KKJ); the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (DJC, MD, RG, KG); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver (LMD, FVdG, BFM, LAG).
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L. Miriam Dickinson
From the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, TX (BAB, KKJ); the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (DJC, MD, RG, KG); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver (LMD, FVdG, BFM, LAG).
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Melinda Davis
From the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, TX (BAB, KKJ); the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (DJC, MD, RG, KG); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver (LMD, FVdG, BFM, LAG).
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Rose Gunn
From the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, TX (BAB, KKJ); the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (DJC, MD, RG, KG); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver (LMD, FVdG, BFM, LAG).
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Kris Gowen
From the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, TX (BAB, KKJ); the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (DJC, MD, RG, KG); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver (LMD, FVdG, BFM, LAG).
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Frank V. deGruy III
From the Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas, TX (BAB, KKJ); the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (DJC, MD, RG, KG); and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver (LMD, FVdG, BFM, LAG).
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Benjamin F. Miller
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Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Deborah J. Cohen, Katelyn K. Jetelina, L. Miriam Dickinson, Melinda Davis, Rose Gunn, Kris Gowen, Frank V. deGruy, Benjamin F. Miller, Larry A. Green
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2017, 30 (2) 130-139; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2017.02.160234

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Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Deborah J. Cohen, Katelyn K. Jetelina, L. Miriam Dickinson, Melinda Davis, Rose Gunn, Kris Gowen, Frank V. deGruy, Benjamin F. Miller, Larry A. Green
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2017, 30 (2) 130-139; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2017.02.160234
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