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Policy solutions to address the foreign-educated and foreign-born health care workforce in the United States

November 6, 2013

Health Affairs Vol. 32, No. 11 – Project HOPE

Presents statistics and demographic information about U.S. health care workers who were born and/or educated in other countries. The authors go on to recommend several ways that U.S. policy can address this segment of the workforce in order to strengthen care delivery as a whole. For example, the authors suggest policy changes that would facilitate the entry of more, better-qualified direct-care workers into the country.

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Chen, Peggy G., et al.

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