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Heeding the Call for Urgent Primary Care Payment Reform: What Do We Know about How to Get Started?

Stephanie B. Gold, Larry A. Green and John M. Westfall
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2021, 34 (2) 424-429; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.200433
Stephanie B. Gold
From the Eugene S. Farley Jr. Health Policy Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver (SBG, LAG); Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, D.C. (JMW).
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Larry A. Green
From the Eugene S. Farley Jr. Health Policy Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver (SBG, LAG); Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, D.C. (JMW).
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John M. Westfall
From the Eugene S. Farley Jr. Health Policy Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver (SBG, LAG); Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, D.C. (JMW).
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