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Advancing Primary Care Through Alternative Payment Models: Lessons from the United States & Canada

Andrew Bazemore, Robert L. Phillips, Richard Glazier and Joshua Tepper
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2018, 31 (3) 322-327; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.03.170297
Andrew Bazemore
From the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies, Washington DC (AB); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington KY (RLP); University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (RG); Health Quality Ontario, Ontario, Canada (JT).
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Robert L. Phillips Jr.
From the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies, Washington DC (AB); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington KY (RLP); University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (RG); Health Quality Ontario, Ontario, Canada (JT).
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Richard Glazier
From the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies, Washington DC (AB); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington KY (RLP); University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (RG); Health Quality Ontario, Ontario, Canada (JT).
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Joshua Tepper
From the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies, Washington DC (AB); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington KY (RLP); University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (RG); Health Quality Ontario, Ontario, Canada (JT).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2018, 31 (3) 322-327; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.03.170297

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