Partnerships among community development, public health, and health care could improve the well-being of low-income people

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2056-2063

  Erickson, David ^a   Andrews, Nancy ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b Low Income Investment Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOUSING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; WELLBEING;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 84855694823     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0896     Document Type: Article

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