Development of Community Health Care Networks Utilizing Local Community Centers
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Managed care and community health centers.
This study has two objectives: (1) to examine the relationship between the involvement of community health centers (CHCs) in managed care and various center characteristics, including patient, provider, services, and financial characteristics, that are critically linked with the fulfillment of their mission and (2) to identify factors significantly associated with CHCs' involvement in managed c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Community Medicine and Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2455-5479
DOI: 10.17352/2455-5479.000017