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. 2020 Aug;213(3):104-106.e1.
doi: 10.5694/mja2.50693. Epub 2020 Jul 4.

Australia's national COVID-19 primary care response

Jane Desborough  1 , Sally Hall Dykgraaf  1 , Lucas de Toca  2 , Stephanie Davis  2   3 , Leslee Roberts  2 , Catherine Kelaher  4 , Michael Kidd  1   2
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Australia's national COVID-19 primary care response

Jane Desborough et al. Med J Aust. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Community care; General practice; Infectious diseases; Prevention and control; Primary care; Public policy; Respiratory tract infections; Telemedicine.

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