The health and well-being of those who choose to age in place in rural America are influenced by personal characteristics (poverty, marital status, living alone) and decisions (physical exercise and diet) as well as access to quality food systems, social support, transportation and medical care...
Hughes DRosenbaum S An overview of maternal and infant health services in rural America. J Rural Health. 1989;5299- 319Google ScholarCrossref 3. Miller MKClarke LLAlbrecht SLFarmer FL The interactive effects of race and ethnicity and mother's residence on the adequacy of prenatal care. J ...
Some of the determinants of rural health, such as the geographic environment or historical background, might not be modifiable, but others, such as political, economic, and health care system organization, may be able to be improved [5]. Age represents also a determinant of poorer access to ...
Because osteopathic physicians comprise 15.3% of all physicians in small rural counties, while making up only 5.1% of the nation's physicians, the solutions to the healthcare crisis for rural America are of special interest to them. The authors explore the incredible diversity of rural communities...
Q. How can technology play a role in preserving healthcare in rural America? A. A lot has been made of the role technology can play in rural healthcare. I think there are many solutions that get passed on to rural facilities that end up becoming onerous for those who are using them. ...
Aging & Health. Aging In Rural America The article examines the quality of health care provided to the aging population in rural communities in the U.S. Topics discussed are the challenges of providing health care to rural seniors, the shortage of nurses and physicians in rur... S Jaffe -...
the study analyzes rural/non-rural county differences in Texas across six composite indexed domains of health outcomes (length of life, quality of life) and health factors (health behavior, clinical care, socioeconomic factors, physical environment) with a chi-square test of significance and logisti...
Health system innovations in Central America: lessons and impact of new approaches Washington, D.C: World Bank Working Paper No. 57, The World Bank; 2005. Contracting for basic health care in rural Guatemala: comparison of the performance of three delivery models; pp. 49–88... GML Forgia...
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