Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) position statement: SBM supports increased efforts to integrate community health workers into the patient-centered medical home

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 483-485

  Hynes, Denise M ^a   Buscemi, Joanna ^a   Quintiliani, Lisa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Health policy; Patient centered medical home; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF CARE; STANDARD;

EID: 84948143295     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-015-0340-1     Document Type: Article

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