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Central versus Local Quality Efforts: The Need for Both

Aleece Caron and Peter Pronovost
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2021, 34 (5) 1038-1041; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.05.210015
Aleece Caron
From the Case Western Reserve University, Case Western Reserve University School Of Medicine, Cleveland, OH (AC, PP); The Population Health Research Institute at the MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH (AC); University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH (PP).
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Peter Pronovost
From the Case Western Reserve University, Case Western Reserve University School Of Medicine, Cleveland, OH (AC, PP); The Population Health Research Institute at the MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH (AC); University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH (PP).
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