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Outcomes of Guidelines from Health Technology Assessment Organizations: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: Family physicians, general practitioners, and patients. The full-text screening started with 345 studies and resulted in 120 included observational studies (21 qualitative, 94 quantitative, and 5 mixed methods). Phase-2: We extracted descriptive statistics and tabulated them by type of outcome.

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

Internist vs Family Doctor: What’s the Difference? A common comparison is between an internist and a family doctor (or general practitioner). So, internist vs GP , or internist vs family doctor , boils down to scope: internists typically do not see children, whereas family doctors do.