Accountable care organizations: a challenging opportunity for primary care to demonstrate its value

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Editorial

J Michael McWilliams. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Jun.

. 2014 Jun;29(6):830-1.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-013-2713-9.

¹ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA, mcwilliams@hcp.med.harvard.edu.

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