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A Primary Care System to Improve Health Care Efficiency: Lessons from Ecuador

Sommer Aldulaimi and Francisco E. Mora
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2017, 30 (3) 380-383; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.03.160304
Sommer Aldulaimi
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (SA) and Department of Internal Medicine (FEM), University of Arizona and Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ; and the College of Medicine, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador (FEM).
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From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (SA) and Department of Internal Medicine (FEM), University of Arizona and Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ; and the College of Medicine, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador (FEM).
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vol. 30 no. 3 380-383
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.03.160304
PubMed 
28484072

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication September 20, 2016
  • Revision received January 25, 2017
  • Accepted for publication February 6, 2017
  • Published online May 8, 2017.

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  1. Sommer Aldulaimi, MD and
  2. Francisco E. Mora, MD
  1. From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (SA) and Department of Internal Medicine (FEM), University of Arizona and Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ; and the College of Medicine, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador (FEM).
  1. Corresponding author: Sommer Aldulaimi, MD, University of Arizona and Banner University Medical Center South Campus, 2875 N. Tucson Blvd, #44, Tucson, AZ 85716 (E-mail: sommer.aldulaimi{at}Bannerhealth.com).
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Sommer Aldulaimi, Francisco E. Mora
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2017, 30 (3) 380-383; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2017.03.160304

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Sommer Aldulaimi, Francisco E. Mora
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2017, 30 (3) 380-383; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2017.03.160304
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