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The Essential Role of Primary Health Care for Health Security

Robert L. Phillips, Marci Nielsen, Deborah J. Cohen, Lauren S. Hughes, Asaf Bitton and Andrew W. Bazemore
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2024, 37 (Supplement1) S21-S25; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230449R1
Robert L. Phillips Jr.
From the Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, MN Washington, DC (RLP, AWB); The Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, PolicyPRN Consulting (MN); Departments of Family Medicine and Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (DJC); Farley Health Policy Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO (LSH), Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (AB).
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Marci Nielsen
From the Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, MN Washington, DC (RLP, AWB); The Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, PolicyPRN Consulting (MN); Departments of Family Medicine and Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (DJC); Farley Health Policy Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO (LSH), Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (AB).
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Deborah J. Cohen
From the Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, MN Washington, DC (RLP, AWB); The Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, PolicyPRN Consulting (MN); Departments of Family Medicine and Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (DJC); Farley Health Policy Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO (LSH), Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (AB).
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Lauren S. Hughes
From the Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, MN Washington, DC (RLP, AWB); The Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, PolicyPRN Consulting (MN); Departments of Family Medicine and Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (DJC); Farley Health Policy Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO (LSH), Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (AB).
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Asaf Bitton
From the Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, MN Washington, DC (RLP, AWB); The Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, PolicyPRN Consulting (MN); Departments of Family Medicine and Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (DJC); Farley Health Policy Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO (LSH), Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (AB).
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Andrew W. Bazemore
From the Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, MN Washington, DC (RLP, AWB); The Center for Professionalism & Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, PolicyPRN Consulting (MN); Departments of Family Medicine and Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (DJC); Farley Health Policy Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO (LSH), Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA (AB).
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