The Double Disparity Facing Rural Local Health Departments

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue , 2016, Pages 167-184

  Harris, Jenine K ^a   Beatty, Kate ^b   Leider, J P ^c   Knudson, Alana ^d   Anderson, Britta L ^d   Meit, Michael ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services; Health systems; Poverty

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH DISPARITY; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CULTURE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POLICY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84982840932     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031914-122755     Document Type: Review

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