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Variation in Practice Patterns of Early- and Later-Career Family Physicians

Peter J. Carek, Yue Cheng, Andrew W. Bazemore and Lars E. Peterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2023, jabfm.2023.230176R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230176R1
Peter J. Carek
From the Department of Family Medicine, Prisma Health - Upstate and USC School of Medicine Greenville (PJC); Institute for Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy (IPOP), Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (YC); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (AWB, LEP); Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (LEP).
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Yue Cheng
From the Department of Family Medicine, Prisma Health - Upstate and USC School of Medicine Greenville (PJC); Institute for Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy (IPOP), Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (YC); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (AWB, LEP); Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (LEP).
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Andrew W. Bazemore
From the Department of Family Medicine, Prisma Health - Upstate and USC School of Medicine Greenville (PJC); Institute for Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy (IPOP), Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (YC); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (AWB, LEP); Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (LEP).
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Lars E. Peterson
From the Department of Family Medicine, Prisma Health - Upstate and USC School of Medicine Greenville (PJC); Institute for Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy (IPOP), Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (YC); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (AWB, LEP); Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (LEP).
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Peter J. Carek, Yue Cheng, Andrew W. Bazemore, Lars E. Peterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2023, jabfm.2023.230176R1; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230176R1

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Peter J. Carek, Yue Cheng, Andrew W. Bazemore, Lars E. Peterson
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2023, jabfm.2023.230176R1; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230176R1
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