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Effect of Retail Clinic Use on Continuity of Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries

N. Ogechi Abara, Nicole Huang, Mukaila A. Raji and Yong-Fang Kuo
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2019, 32 (4) 531-538; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.04.180349
N. Ogechi Abara
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics (NOA, MAR), Sealy Center on Aging (MAR, YFK), School of Medicine (NH), and Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (MAR, YFK).
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Nicole Huang
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics (NOA, MAR), Sealy Center on Aging (MAR, YFK), School of Medicine (NH), and Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (MAR, YFK).
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Mukaila A. Raji
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics (NOA, MAR), Sealy Center on Aging (MAR, YFK), School of Medicine (NH), and Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (MAR, YFK).
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Yong-Fang Kuo
From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics (NOA, MAR), Sealy Center on Aging (MAR, YFK), School of Medicine (NH), and Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX (MAR, YFK).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jul 2019, 32 (4) 531-538; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2019.04.180349

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jul 2019, 32 (4) 531-538; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2019.04.180349
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