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From The Archives (1974-1999)
Primary Care Physicians and Specialists as Personal Physicians: Health Care Expenditures and Mortality Experience
J Fam Pract
. 1998 August;47(2):105-109
By
Peter Franks, MD
Kevin Fiscella, MD, MPH
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