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Care Delivery Model

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There are so many trends inside and outside of health care that initiated the innovative care delivery models. Rapidly increasing health care costs and insurance premiums resulted in expanding uninsured and underinsured population, resulting in increased emergency departments and greater use of community clinics. A persistent nurse shortage made the problem worse. These factors, and other changes in health care such as the rise of health care consumers led to the development of new care delivery models. One new model is the role of nurses and other non-physician health professionals. "In 2008, The white paper sponsored by the Robert wood Johnson Foundation identified the following common characteristics among a variety of new care delivery

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