Research ArticleOriginal Research

Local Economic Inequality and the Primary Care Physician Workforce in North Carolina

Joseph Nenow, Andrew Nenow, Allison Priest, Kendall M. Campbell and Dmitry Tumin
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2022, 35 (1) 35-43; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.01.210117

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