As initially proposed in 2005, the Northwest Partnership identified the need for more information to:

• help define the need for primary care services,
• assess currently available resources and models, and
• define the role that public health plays in improving health care access.

The Partnership aims to further promote the scope of services public health can provide to respond to unmet community health needs through in-kind resources to disseminate a policy paper, "Local Public Health's Role in Assuring Access to Health Care." This paper will provide health directors with convincing evidence to develop a regionally supported policy statement to increase access to care.

 

 

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