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Patient Characteristics Associated with Making Requests during Primary Care Visits

Joshua J. Fenton, Elizabeth M. Magnan, Anthony Jerant, Richard L. Kravitz and Peter Franks
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2019, 32 (2) 201-208; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.02.180218
Joshua J. Fenton
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (JJF, EMM, AJ, PF), the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research (JJF, EMM, AJ, RLK, PF), the Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (RLK), University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.
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Elizabeth M. Magnan
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (JJF, EMM, AJ, PF), the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research (JJF, EMM, AJ, RLK, PF), the Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (RLK), University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.
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Anthony Jerant
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (JJF, EMM, AJ, PF), the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research (JJF, EMM, AJ, RLK, PF), the Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (RLK), University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.
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Richard L. Kravitz
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (JJF, EMM, AJ, PF), the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research (JJF, EMM, AJ, RLK, PF), the Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (RLK), University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.
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Peter Franks
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (JJF, EMM, AJ, PF), the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research (JJF, EMM, AJ, RLK, PF), the Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (RLK), University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2019, 32 (2) 201-208; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2019.02.180218
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