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Association Between Service Agreements and Frequency of Primary Care Visits in a Chinese Community Health Service Center

Jing Ding, Wen-Jan Tuan, Xueping Du and Kenneth Kushner
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2021, 34 (5) 1045-1054; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.05.200621
Jing Ding
From the Yuetan Community Health Service Center of Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (JD); Department of Family and Community Health, Penn State College of Medicine (WT); Yuetan Community Health Service Center of Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (XD); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI (KK).
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Wen-Jan Tuan
From the Yuetan Community Health Service Center of Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (JD); Department of Family and Community Health, Penn State College of Medicine (WT); Yuetan Community Health Service Center of Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (XD); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI (KK).
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Xueping Du
From the Yuetan Community Health Service Center of Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (JD); Department of Family and Community Health, Penn State College of Medicine (WT); Yuetan Community Health Service Center of Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (XD); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI (KK).
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Kenneth Kushner
From the Yuetan Community Health Service Center of Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (JD); Department of Family and Community Health, Penn State College of Medicine (WT); Yuetan Community Health Service Center of Fu Xing Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (XD); Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI (KK).
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