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Primary Health Care As a Common Good

Rebecca S. Etz and Kurt C. Stange
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2024, 37 (Supplement1) S15-S20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230430R1
Rebecca S. Etz
From the Larry A. Green Center – Advancing Primary Health Care for the Public Good, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (RSE); Center for Community Health Integration, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (KCS).
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Kurt C. Stange
From the Larry A. Green Center – Advancing Primary Health Care for the Public Good, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (RSE); Center for Community Health Integration, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (KCS).
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