Research ArticleOriginal Research

Place Matters: Closing the Gap on Rural Primary Care Quality Improvement Capacity—the Healthy Hearts Northwest Study

Lyle J. Fagnan, Katrina Ramsey, Caitlin Dickinson, Tara Kline and Michael L. Parchman
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2021, 34 (4) 753-761; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.04.210011

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