Predictors of Access to Healthcare: What Matters to Rural Appalachians?
Author(s) -
Susan L. Wilson,
Cynthia Kratzke,
Jill C. Hoxmeier
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
global journal of health science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-9744
pISSN - 1916-9736
DOI - 10.5539/gjhs.v4n6p23
Subject(s) - health care , affect (linguistics) , workforce , rural area , quality (philosophy) , appalachia , health equity , environmental health , nursing , medicine , family medicine , psychology , public health , economic growth , paleontology , philosophy , communication , epistemology , pathology , economics , biology
Lack of access to healthcare is frequently cited as a primary reason for health disparities globally, especially in poor, rural areas such as Appalachia in the U.S. This study examined predictors of perceived access to healthcare among residents in a poor, medically underserved, rural Appalachian community.
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