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. 2014 Oct 20:349:g5976.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.g5976.

The Oregon experiment re-examined: the need to bolster primary care

John Heintzman  1 , Rachel Gold  2 , Steffani R Bailey  3 , Jennifer E DeVoe  4
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The Oregon experiment re-examined: the need to bolster primary care

John Heintzman et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

John Heintzman and colleagues use less publicized evidence from Oregon to argue that unless access to primary care is improved, the benefits of widening the eligibility for public health insurance on individual and population health will be limited

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Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare that the authors are supported by grants for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

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