. 2014 Sep;60(9):781-3, 790-2.

Population health perspective on high users of health care: role of family physicians

[Article in English, French]

Affiliations

¹ Medical student and Lead Scholar in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario. cjl.stone@mail.utoronto.ca.
² Assistant Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, Scientist at Public Health Ontario, and Adjunct Scientist at the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences.
³ Chief Academic Strategist at Coursera, Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, Senior Scientist at the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences, and a public health and preventive medicine physician.

[Article in English, French]

Christopher Stone et al. Can Fam Physician. 2014 Sep.

. 2014 Sep;60(9):781-3, 790-2.

¹ Medical student and Lead Scholar in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario. cjl.stone@mail.utoronto.ca.
² Assistant Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, Scientist at Public Health Ontario, and Adjunct Scientist at the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences.
³ Chief Academic Strategist at Coursera, Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, Senior Scientist at the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences, and a public health and preventive medicine physician.

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