Advancing the Value and Quality of Occupational Therapy in Health Service Delivery
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Barbara Gage, PhD, MPA, is Senior Vice President, Scientific Research and Evaluation, PAC Center for Research, and Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC. Leland, N. E., Crum, K., Phipps, S., Roberts, P., & Gage, B. (2015). Health Policy Perspectives—Advancing the value and quality of occupational therapy in health service delivery. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 69, 6901090010. http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2015.691001
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