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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
A Statewide Approach To Improving Child Health And Health Care
1This article is part of a series on transforming health systems published with support from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Rebecca Gale (rg@rebeccagale.org) is a journalist and writer based in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Abstract:
A dynamic network aims to help Vermont's pediatric practices navigate an evolving quality improvement landscape.
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