Health Services at Risk in "Vulnerable" Rural Places
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Description
Describes a method to identify vulnerable rural places at risk for not having adequate health care services. Reasons for community vulnerability discussed include sparse population, lack of sufficient people able to pay for care, and current level of services that population size and composition cannot support.
Author(s)
Michael D. Shambaugh-Miller, Julie Stoner, Louis Pol, Keith Mueller
Citation
RUPRI Rural Policy Brief, 7(5)
Date
10/2002
Type
Document
Organization
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Tagged as
Access · Elderly population · Policy · Poverty · Uninsured and underinsured