Community Health Workers: An Underused Resource, Rediscovered.
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Karen Jones, MApStat, senior data analyst, Workforce Studies, Association of American Medical Colleges Community Health Workers: An Underused Resource, Rediscovered Monica Whatley, MS, data marketing analyst, Southern Poverty Law Center; Clese Erikson, MPAff, deputy director, Health Workforce Research Center, The George Washington University; Shana Sandberg, PhD, research scientist, National Committee on Quality Assurance; and Karen Jones, MApStat, senior data analyst, Workforce Studies, Association of American Medical Colleges
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
دوره 92 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017