Exposing some important barriers to health care access in the rural USA

Public Health

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 611-620

  Douthit, N ^a   Kiv, S ^a   Dwolatzky, T ^a   Biswas, S ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Access; Disparities; Health; Health care; Inequalities; Rural; Services; Supply; USA; Utilization

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC ACCESS; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SERVICE PROVISION;

COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; POVERTY; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; RURAL POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84931562683     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.04.001     Document Type: Review

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