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Patient Panel of Underserved Populations and Adoption of Electronic Medical Record Systems by Office-Based Physicians

  1. Chenghui Li1,†,
  2. Donna West-Strum2

Article first published online: 9 APR 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01113.x

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Health Services Research

Health Services Research

Volume 45, Issue 4, pages 963–984, August 2010

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Li, C. and West-Strum, D. (2010), Patient Panel of Underserved Populations and Adoption of Electronic Medical Record Systems by Office-Based Physicians. Health Services Research, 45: 963–984. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01113.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Pharmacy Practice, Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham Street Slot # 522, Little Rock, AR 72205

  2. 2

    Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

  1. †

    Address correspondence to Chenghui Li, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham Street Slot # 522, Little Rock, AR 72205; e-mail: cli@uams.edu. Donna West-Strum, R.Ph., Ph.D., Chair and Associate Professor of Pharmacy Administration, Research Associate Professor, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS.

  1. †

    Address correspondence to Chenghui Li, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham Street Slot # 522, Little Rock, AR 72205; e-mail: cli@uams.edu. Donna West-Strum, R.Ph., Ph.D., Chair and Associate Professor of Pharmacy Administration, Research Associate Professor, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS.

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