Primary care--lifelines and shortages.

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Author/s: Rickert, James (J);

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Publication Type: Comment; Letter

Journal: The New England journal of medicine (N Engl J Med), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Oct; vol 361 (issue 14) : pp 1413-4; author reply 1414-5

Dates: Created 2009/10/02; Completed 2009/10/06;

PMID: 19797293, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/6/2009, IMS Date: )

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CommentOn: N Engl J Med. 2009 Jun 25;360(26):2693-6. (PMID: 19553643)

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Physicians, Family - economics
Primary Health Care - economics; manpower
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Specialties, Medical
Time Factors
United States

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