Closing the Health Gap: Lessons from Africa

Prabhjot Singh

Chapter 13 in Learning from the World, 2014, pp 185-197 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the United States, keeping 300 million Americans connected to healthcare is amongst the nation’s most pressing challenges. Front and center is the debate over reforms to America’s hospital-centered health system; however, American hospitals cannot alone address pragmatic concerns driving healthcare reform. Because of the size and diversity of America’s population, our health system requires a full-time network of community health workers (CHWs) who can lead the way in developing innovative, low-cost, community-focused approaches. Without a close-to-client network of CHWs, America will continue to struggle to accomplish the triple aim of higher-quality care, lower cost, and better health outcomes. As a nation, we must create space to engage in local system design in order to learn how to integrate transformative components, such as CHWs, to connect a fragmented health system and reconnect it to the communities it serves.

Keywords: Health System; Community Health Worker; Accountable Care Organization; Local Health System; Integrate Delivery System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137372130_13

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