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Debt of Family Medicine Residents Continues to Grow

Julie P. Phillips, Zachary J. Morgan, Andrew W. Bazemore and Lars E. Peterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2021, 34 (3) 663-664; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.03.200567
Julie P. Phillips
From the Sparrow-Michigan State University Family Medicine Residency Program, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing (JPP); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (ZJM, AWB, LEP); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington (ZJM, AWB, LEP).
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Zachary J. Morgan
From the Sparrow-Michigan State University Family Medicine Residency Program, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing (JPP); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (ZJM, AWB, LEP); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington (ZJM, AWB, LEP).
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Andrew W. Bazemore
From the Sparrow-Michigan State University Family Medicine Residency Program, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing (JPP); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (ZJM, AWB, LEP); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington (ZJM, AWB, LEP).
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Lars E. Peterson
From the Sparrow-Michigan State University Family Medicine Residency Program, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing (JPP); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (ZJM, AWB, LEP); Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington (ZJM, AWB, LEP).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2021, 34 (3) 663-664; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.03.200567

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