Research ArticleOriginal Research

Community-Based Health Care Navigation's Impact on Access to Primary Care for Low-Income Latinos

Sonali Saluja, Michael Hochman, Rachel Dokko, Janina Lord Morrison, Celia Valdez, Steven Baldwin, Megha D. Tandel and Michael Cousineau
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2022, 35 (1) 44-54; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.01.210253

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