Research ArticleOriginal Research

Improving Delivery of Cardiovascular Disease Preventive Services in Small-to-Medium Primary Care Practices

Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Stephan Lindner, Miguel Marino, Rachel Springer, Samuel T. Edwards, K. John McConnell and Deborah J. Cohen
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2022, jabfm.2022.AP.220038; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.AP.220038

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