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In 1964, the Office of Economic Opportunity legislation made funds available for development of neighborhood health centers. In October of 1965, the first neighborhood health center opened in Columbia Point in Boston, and was operated by Tufts University. Another health center opened soon afterwards in Denver. These were followed by health centers in the south Bronx of New York City, in Chicago, and in the Watts section of Los Angeles. This article will offer the Montefiore Hospital Neighborhood Medical Care Demonstration (NMCD) as a case study, serving as an introduction to subsequent articles in this Volume, which deal with specifics of this and a related program.' It will, in addition, set out the program's original objectives and methodology, and after somewhat more than one year's experience, will attempt to discuss the rationale of those objectives. |
