The Community Health Center Fund: What's At Risk?
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Reducing visual health disparities in at-risk community health center populations.
Community health centers (CHCs) have an impressive record of addressing health disparities through consistently delivering high-quality and affordable care in a culturally competent manner, while also producing cost savings to the nation's healthcare system. Thus CHCs are optimally positioned to reduce visual health disparities and improve visual health outcomes by being included in the primary...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Milbank Quarterly
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0887-378X
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12289