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Variation in Support for Documentation Among Primary Care Physicians by Gender

Lisa S. Rotenstein, Nate C. Apathy, David W. Bates and Bruce Landon
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2022, jabfm.2022.AP.220071; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.AP.220071
Lisa S. Rotenstein
From Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA (LSR, DWB); Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (LSR, DWB); Wharton School, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Philadelphia, PA (NA); Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (NA); Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN (NA); Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston, MA (DWB); Harvard Medical School, Department of Healthcare Policy, Boston, MA (BL); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA (BL).
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Nate C. Apathy
From Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA (LSR, DWB); Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (LSR, DWB); Wharton School, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Philadelphia, PA (NA); Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (NA); Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN (NA); Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston, MA (DWB); Harvard Medical School, Department of Healthcare Policy, Boston, MA (BL); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA (BL).
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David W. Bates
From Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA (LSR, DWB); Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (LSR, DWB); Wharton School, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Philadelphia, PA (NA); Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (NA); Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN (NA); Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston, MA (DWB); Harvard Medical School, Department of Healthcare Policy, Boston, MA (BL); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA (BL).
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Bruce Landon
From Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA (LSR, DWB); Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (LSR, DWB); Wharton School, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Philadelphia, PA (NA); Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (NA); Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN (NA); Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston, MA (DWB); Harvard Medical School, Department of Healthcare Policy, Boston, MA (BL); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA (BL).
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Lisa S. Rotenstein, Nate C. Apathy, David W. Bates, Bruce Landon
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