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Journal of Primary Health Care Journal of Primary Health Care Society
Journal of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
EDITORIAL (Open Access)

Primary care: The central function and main focus of the health system

Susan Dovey
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1 Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Primary Health Care. Email: editor@rnzcgp.org.nz

Journal of Primary Health Care 13(4) 291-292 https://doi.org/10.1071/HCv13n4_ED1
Published: 23 December 2021

Journal Compilation © Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners 2021 This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License


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