U.S. Lags in Several Areas of Health Care, Study Finds

Americans have a harder time than residents of several other countries getting after-hours appointments with a nurse or primary care physician without going to an emergency room, a study released yesterday found.
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Christopher Lee

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Karen Davis

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The New England Journal of Medicine

Harvard School of Public Health

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