Does patient educational level affect office visits to family physicians?

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Published in J Natl Med Assoc on March 01, 2002

Authors

Kevin Fiscella1, Meredith A Goodwin, Kurt C Stange

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York, USA.

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