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Free clinics reported serving an average of 747 new patients per year and 1,796 total unduplicated patients. Patients had a variety of attributes that impeded their access to primary care: lack of insurance, inability to pay, limited English proficiency, a minority racial or ethnic background and lack of housing.
I'd say that's poor writing which does not make the meaning clear. I would guess--and it's only a guess--that they mean patients who were seen once, and only once.
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Tue 15 Jun, 2010 07:08 am
@oristarA,
Poor word choice. I read it as "unique patients" so that multiple visits from one person are only counted once.
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