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Task Shifting Could Help Lower Costs in U.S. Health Care

Harvard Business Review

In addition to being inexpensive, the paramedics bring skills such as cultural competency, loyalty to the organization, strong work ethic, and the ability to connect more deeply with patients and families whose socioeconomic background is similar to their own. Vijay Govindarajan Ravi Ramamurti. They are 4-6 times as productive as U.S.