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Realizing the Value of Community Health Workers — New Opportunities for Sustainable Financing

2019; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 380; Issue: 21 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejmp1815382

1533-4406

Adrienne Lapidos, Jeremy Lapedis, Michele Heisler,

Healthcare cost, quality, practices

Community health workers are an underused resource in a system that is seeking effective strategies for increasing the value of health care. New opportunities to sustainably finance their activities could help address inequities in health care access and quality.