Open AccessRural Populations and Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Services: Challenges and Opportunities for Local Public Health Departments
Author(s) -
Nathan Hale,
M.G.H. Smith,
James W. Hardin,
Amy Brock-Martin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302449
Subject(s) - medicaid , residence , public health , medicine , environmental health , rural area , health care , population , demography , geography , gerontology , socioeconomics , business , economic growth , nursing , economics , pathology , sociology
We examined geographic differences in Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) visits as the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) transitioned from direct service provision (DSP) to assuring delivery within the larger health care system.