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Research ArticleFamily Medicine and the Health Care System

A Consultation Model for Intellectual and Developmental Disability Care

Rebecca T. Putnam, Phillip M. Hughes, Chelsea C. Atkins and C. Micha Belden
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2025, 38 (1) 180-187; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240183R2
Rebecca T. Putnam
From the Department of Family Medicine, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, NC (RTP); Department of Research, UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC, Asheville, NC (PMH, CCA, CMB); Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (PMH); Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (PMH).
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Phillip M. Hughes
From the Department of Family Medicine, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, NC (RTP); Department of Research, UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC, Asheville, NC (PMH, CCA, CMB); Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (PMH); Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (PMH).
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Chelsea C. Atkins
From the Department of Family Medicine, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, NC (RTP); Department of Research, UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC, Asheville, NC (PMH, CCA, CMB); Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (PMH); Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (PMH).
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C. Micha Belden
From the Department of Family Medicine, Mountain Area Health Education Center, Asheville, NC (RTP); Department of Research, UNC Health Sciences at MAHEC, Asheville, NC (PMH, CCA, CMB); Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (PMH); Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (PMH).
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