This small town revolutionized healthcare with these simple practices

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One of the older commercial streets in Frome, Britain. Image: REUTERS/Toby Melville

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Quarterly unplanned admissions in Frome Medical Practice, April 2013 to December 2017.

Unplanned admissions saw a decline when social connections were established during the study. Image: British Journal of General Practice

Frome in Somerset, England was used as the location for the British Journal of General Practice study. Image: Quartz

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