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Eliminating Patient Identified Barriers to Decrease Medicaid Inpatient Admission Rates and Improve Quality of Care

Toren Davis, Janalynn Beste, Sonali Batish, Rebecca Watford and Shanon Farrell
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2020, 33 (2) 220-229; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.02.190275
Toren Davis
From the New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC (TD, JB, SB, RW); Community Care of the Lower Cape Fear Wilmington, NC (SF).
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Janalynn Beste
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Sonali Batish
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Rebecca Watford
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