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Articles

A focus group study on primary health care in Johannesburg Health District: “We are just pushing numbers”

, MBChB, MFamMed, MBA (Senior Clinical Lecturer) & , MBChB (Lecturer)
Pages 147-152 | Received 28 Dec 2012, Accepted 28 Apr 2013, Published online: 11 Jul 2014

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