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Capacity of Primary Care to Deliver Telehealth in the United States

Anuradha Jetty, Yalda Jabbarpour, Matthew Westfall, Douglas B. Kamerow, Stephen Petterson and John M. Westfall
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine February 2021, 34 (Supplement) S48-S54; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200202
Anuradha Jetty
From The Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Primary Care, Washington, DC (AJ, YJ, DBK, SP, JW); Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA (MW).
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Yalda Jabbarpour
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Matthew Westfall
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Douglas B. Kamerow
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Stephen Petterson
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John M. Westfall
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Anuradha Jetty, Yalda Jabbarpour, Matthew Westfall, Douglas B. Kamerow, Stephen Petterson, John M. Westfall
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Feb 2021, 34 (Supplement) S48-S54; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200202

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Anuradha Jetty, Yalda Jabbarpour, Matthew Westfall, Douglas B. Kamerow, Stephen Petterson, John M. Westfall
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Feb 2021, 34 (Supplement) S48-S54; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200202
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