Worldwide, rural populations are recognized to be exposed to increased health challenges due to their living and working environment, socioeconomic status, and access to health services [1]. Disparities between urban and rural areas are reflected in increased morbidity and mortality rates for rural ...
The Journal of Rural Health, 10(2):98-108.Hartley D, Quam L, Lurie N: Urban and rural differences in health insurance and access to care. J Rural Health 10: 98-108, 1994Hartley D, Quam L, Lurie N. Urban and rural differences in health insurance and access to care. J Rural Health...
Everyone should have access to medical services, no matter the size of their community. Lawrence is surrounded by smaller cities and towns with lower populations and without larger infrastructure such as a hospital or an airport. In health care, these areas are known as rural communities....
While much literature reported the access of Chinese older migrants to health services, little was known about the differences among sub-groups of older adults, including urban-to-urban and rural-to-urban migrants, and urban and rural permanent residents. This study aimed to examine the access of...
Access to primary health care evaluated through proxy indicators is lower in rural areas but is relatively good overall. Lower education levels and the possibility of lower health literacy underpin the need for targeted health education campaigns. Sustainable strategies for rural health need to be ...
healthinformationaccesshealthinformationusehealthliteracyrural-urbanhealthRural residents may have lower access to and use of certain health information sources relative to urban residents. We investigated differences in information source access and use between rural and urban US adults and whether having ...
Context: Research has demonstrated substantial differences between end-of-life care in rural and urban settings. As the end of life approaches, rural elder... CE Gessert,BA Elliott,C Peden‐Mcalpine - 《Journal of Rural Health》 被引量: 55发表: 2010年 Residential Differences in the Use of ...
The results cast new light on decades of research, which paints a stark picture of cancer disparities. About 19 percent of Americans live in rural areas, and studies have shown that, when faced with cancer, rural patients don't live as long as urban cancer patients. For example, statistics...
These 25 places excel in areas like health insurance access and hospital bed availability in the 2024 Healthiest Communities analysis.
The prominent obstacle to achieve equal basic medical insurance system between urban and rural areas in China is the segmentation of basic medical insurance system and the imbalance health care service. Under the background of comprehensively deepening health insurance reform in China, promoting the equ...