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Population Health: Who Are Our Patients?

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The US health care is currently undergoing a fundamental transformation. “Population health” is emerging as an important component in a changing system that has traditionally focused on individual patients and encounters.

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  1. EVMS Family Medicine – Portsmouth Family Medicine, EVMS Medical Group, 600 Crawford Street, Portsmouth, VA, 23704, USA

    Richard Bikowski

  2. Ghent Family Medicine, EVMS Medical Group, 825 Fairfax Avenue, Hofheimer Hall, 1st floor, 23507, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Christine Matson

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Paul M. Paulman

  2. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

    Robert B. Taylor

  3. Department of Family Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Audrey A. Paulman

  4. Department of Family Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Laeth S. Nasir

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Bikowski, R., Matson, C. (2017). Population Health: Who Are Our Patients?. In: Paulman, P., Taylor, R., Paulman, A., Nasir, L. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04414-9_6

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