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Dedicated Workforce Required to Support Large-Scale Practice Improvement

Shannon M. Sweeney, Jennifer R. Hemler, Andrea N. Baron, Tanisha T. Woodson, Sarah S. Ono, Leah Gordon, Benjamin F. Crabtree and Deborah J. Cohen
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2020, 33 (2) 230-239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.02.190261

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