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Improving the Health of Populations of Patients

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Population health involves the practice of keeping groups of patients healthy. Groups include communities, states, countries, and even the global population. This chapter provides a discussion on population health especially as it pertains to practicing physicians.

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  1. Nash DB. The population health mandate. A broader approach to care delivery: Boardroom Press; 2012; http://populationhealthcolloquium.com/readings/Pop_Health_Mandate_NASH_2012.pdf.

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Baum, N., Kahn, M.J., Daigrepont, J. (2023). Improving the Health of Populations of Patients. In: The Business of Building and Managing a Healthcare Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37623-8_29

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