Local Health Departments' Role in Nonprofit Hospitals' Community Health Needs Assessment

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Editorial

Gulzar H Shah. Am J Public Health. 2018 May.

. 2018 May;108(5):595-597.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304382.

¹ Gulzar H. Shah is with the Department of Health Policy and Management, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro.

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