Community health workers - A local solution to a global problem

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 894-896

  Singh, Prabhjot ^a,b   Chokshi, Dave A ^c  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JOB ACCOMMODATION; JOB FINDING; MEDICAID; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883390728     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1305636     Document Type: Article

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