Provider profiling: What works for medicine works for mental health?

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 531-542

  Breckenridge, James N ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0034335853     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.31.5.531     Document Type: Article

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