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Referral Rates Vary Widely Between Family Medicine Practices

Hamza El Ayadi, Alpa Desai, Ross E. Jones, Elvira Mercado, Maribeth Williams, Benjamin Rooks and Peter J. Carek
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2021, 34 (6) 1183-1188; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.06.210213
Hamza El Ayadi
From Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida (HEA, AD, EM, MW, BR, PJC); Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida - Jacksonville (REJ).
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vol. 34 no. 6 1183-1188
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.06.210213
PubMed 
34772773

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication May 20, 2021
  • Revision received August 19, 2021
  • Accepted for publication August 19, 2021
  • Published online November 12, 2021.

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© Copyright 2021 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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  1. Hamza El Ayadi, BS,
  2. Alpa Desai, DO,
  3. Ross E. Jones, MD,
  4. Elvira Mercado, MD,
  5. Maribeth Williams, MD, MSCR,
  6. Benjamin Rooks, MS and
  7. Peter J. Carek, MD, MS
  1. From Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida (HEA, AD, EM, MW, BR, PJC); Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida - Jacksonville (REJ).
  1. Corresponding author: Peter J. Carek, MD, MS, Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, PO Box 100237, Gainesville, FL 32610-0237 (E-mail: carekpj{at}musc.edu).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2021, 34 (6) 1183-1188; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.06.210213

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2021, 34 (6) 1183-1188; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.06.210213
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