Primary care: Too important to fail

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 272-273

  Meyers, David S ^a   Clancy, Carolyn M ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER;

EID: 60849136940     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-4-200902170-00009     Document Type: Editorial

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