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Research ArticleFamily Medicine and the Health Care System

Integrating Physical Therapists Into Primary Care Within A Large Health Care System

Thomas Bodenheimer, Joseph Kucksdorf, Alyssa Torn and James Jerzak
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2021, 34 (4) 866-870; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.04.200432
Thomas Bodenheimer
From the University of California, San Francisco (TB); Bellin Health, Green Bay, WI (JK, AT, JJ).
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Joseph Kucksdorf
From the University of California, San Francisco (TB); Bellin Health, Green Bay, WI (JK, AT, JJ).
DPT, OCS
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Alyssa Torn
From the University of California, San Francisco (TB); Bellin Health, Green Bay, WI (JK, AT, JJ).
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James Jerzak
From the University of California, San Francisco (TB); Bellin Health, Green Bay, WI (JK, AT, JJ).
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