Growing evidence indicates that a significant rural-urban disparity in life expectancy exists in the United Sates. This authors describe health equity challenges that face rural Americans, noting the poorer economic circumstances of rural populations and the lack of access to health care professionals. Understanding and improving the health of rural populations is challenged by both poor access to data on rural health and the socioeconomic and geographic heterogeneity of rural places and populations
Problem/ConditionRural communities often have worse health outcomes, have less access to care, and a...
The rural elderly assess their health as poorer than that of the urban elderly. The range of health ...
Rural residents in the U.S. face significant health challenges, including higher rates of risky heal...
Growing evidence indicates that a significant rural-urban disparity in life expectancy exists in the...
Health disparities are the “differences in [the] incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality and bur...
abstract: Due to unique barriers to access and quality of healthcare, rural Americans have, among ma...
Disparities exist in the livelihood and opportunities for people living in America’s rural communiti...
Health-related disparities remain a persistent, serious problem across the nation\u27s more than 60 ...
Rural residents face distinct health challenges due to economic conditions, cultural/behavioral fact...
The issues faced by patients and providers in rural health care differ greatly from those of urban c...
Rural America is commonly viewed as a repository of virtuous and patriotic values, deeply rooted in ...
Objectives: Rural disparities in age-adjusted mortality are growing in the United States. While soci...
The more rural a county the poorer its health care services are likely to be. -- Lower income and sp...
The authors summarize the health care problems facing rural and frontier America by addressing five ...
The nation’s sharp focus on population health and the reform of health care systems underscores the ...
Problem/ConditionRural communities often have worse health outcomes, have less access to care, and a...
The rural elderly assess their health as poorer than that of the urban elderly. The range of health ...
Rural residents in the U.S. face significant health challenges, including higher rates of risky heal...
Growing evidence indicates that a significant rural-urban disparity in life expectancy exists in the...
Health disparities are the “differences in [the] incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality and bur...
abstract: Due to unique barriers to access and quality of healthcare, rural Americans have, among ma...
Disparities exist in the livelihood and opportunities for people living in America’s rural communiti...
Health-related disparities remain a persistent, serious problem across the nation\u27s more than 60 ...
Rural residents face distinct health challenges due to economic conditions, cultural/behavioral fact...
The issues faced by patients and providers in rural health care differ greatly from those of urban c...
Rural America is commonly viewed as a repository of virtuous and patriotic values, deeply rooted in ...
Objectives: Rural disparities in age-adjusted mortality are growing in the United States. While soci...
The more rural a county the poorer its health care services are likely to be. -- Lower income and sp...
The authors summarize the health care problems facing rural and frontier America by addressing five ...
The nation’s sharp focus on population health and the reform of health care systems underscores the ...
Problem/ConditionRural communities often have worse health outcomes, have less access to care, and a...
The rural elderly assess their health as poorer than that of the urban elderly. The range of health ...
Rural residents in the U.S. face significant health challenges, including higher rates of risky heal...