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Primary Care Physician Characteristics Associated with Low Value Care Spending

Tyler W. Barreto, Yoonkyung Chung, Peter Wingrove, Richard A. Young, Stephen Petterson, Andrew Bazemore and Winston Liaw
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2019, 32 (2) 218-225; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.02.180111
Tyler W. Barreto
From Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (TWB, YC, SP, AB, WL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (TWB); University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA (PW) John Peter Smith Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Fort Worth (RAY); Department of Health Systems and Population Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Houston, Houston (WL).
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Yoonkyung Chung
From Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (TWB, YC, SP, AB, WL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (TWB); University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA (PW) John Peter Smith Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Fort Worth (RAY); Department of Health Systems and Population Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Houston, Houston (WL).
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Peter Wingrove
From Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (TWB, YC, SP, AB, WL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (TWB); University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA (PW) John Peter Smith Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Fort Worth (RAY); Department of Health Systems and Population Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Houston, Houston (WL).
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Richard A. Young
From Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (TWB, YC, SP, AB, WL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (TWB); University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA (PW) John Peter Smith Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Fort Worth (RAY); Department of Health Systems and Population Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Houston, Houston (WL).
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Stephen Petterson
From Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (TWB, YC, SP, AB, WL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (TWB); University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA (PW) John Peter Smith Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Fort Worth (RAY); Department of Health Systems and Population Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Houston, Houston (WL).
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Andrew Bazemore
From Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (TWB, YC, SP, AB, WL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (TWB); University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA (PW) John Peter Smith Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Fort Worth (RAY); Department of Health Systems and Population Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Houston, Houston (WL).
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Winston Liaw
From Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (TWB, YC, SP, AB, WL); Department of Family and Community Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (TWB); University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA (PW) John Peter Smith Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Fort Worth (RAY); Department of Health Systems and Population Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Houston, Houston (WL).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2019, 32 (2) 218-225; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2019.02.180111
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