Tag: rural health
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Rural folks have more chronic conditions and less access to health care, and Kentucky is one of the more rural states
Though rural Americans have more chronic health conditions than those who live in urban centers, they have poorer access to health care, a working paper released last month confirms. Health...
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Defenders of small, rural hospitals take issue with study that found poor patient outcomes
A recent study that concluded small, rural “critical access hospitals” have poorer patient outcomes and lower quality of care is making waves in the medical community. A federally funded monitoring...
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Rural emergency rooms frequented by the poor and uninsured
A new report from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows that low-income adults accounted for 56 percent of the 8 million rural emergency room visits in 2008....
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Rural Training Track programs get more health professionals to rural areas, but live ‘on the edge’ of funding and personnel
By Tara KaprowyKentucky Health News With the Obama administration offering more funding to improve rural health care, Rural Training Track programs to steer medical students to rural areas are hoping...
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Fewer maternity wards, fewer options for rural Kentucky women
The closing of the maternity ward at Mary Breckinridge Hospital in Hyden last year is part of a larger trend, leading to fewer options for women living in rural areas...