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Changing Reasons for Visiting Primary Care Over a 35-Year Period

Wyatt P. Bensken, Weichuan Dong, Heidi Gullett, Rebecca S. Etz and Kurt C. Stange
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2021, 34 (2) 442-448; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.200145
Wyatt P. Bensken
From the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (WPB, WD, KCS); Center for Community Health Integration, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (HG, KCS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (RSE).
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Weichuan Dong
From the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (WPB, WD, KCS); Center for Community Health Integration, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (HG, KCS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (RSE).
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Heidi Gullett
From the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (WPB, WD, KCS); Center for Community Health Integration, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (HG, KCS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (RSE).
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Rebecca S. Etz
From the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (WPB, WD, KCS); Center for Community Health Integration, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (HG, KCS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (RSE).
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Kurt C. Stange
From the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (WPB, WD, KCS); Center for Community Health Integration, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (HG, KCS); Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (RSE).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2021, 34 (2) 442-448; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.200145

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2021, 34 (2) 442-448; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.02.200145
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