Community health workers
Subtitle: expanding the scope of the health care delivery system
By: by Kristine Goodwin and Laura Tobler.
Contributors: Tobler, Laura.; National Conference of State Legislatures.
Publisher: National Conference of State Legislatures
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Denver, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
ISBN-13: 9781580245043
Subjects: Community health aides -- United States -- States; Community health services -- Law and legislation -- United States -- States; Medically underserved areas -- United States; Medical care -- United States
Description: Community health workers serve as liaisons between health care providers and patients who lack access to adequate care, such as poor people and those in rural communities.  To extend the health care system and more effectively reach underserved communities, states are examining how community health workers can complement more formal services.--Publisher description
Notes: "April 2008."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 11).

Available both in print and online.

This issue brief was made possible through a grant from Pfizer Health Solutions, Inc. -- back cover.
Table of contents: title: Snapshot of the CHW workforce; title: How CHWs affect access, quality and cost; title: State legislative action; title: Medicaid participation and reimbursement; title: Policy considerations for legislators.