Tag: rural-urban disparities
-
Study finds nutritious food costs more in poor, rural areas, suggests that SNAP (food stamp) policies be changed
A study has found that nutritious foods are more expensive in impoverished rural counties than in urban counties, a phenomenon that doesn’t help public health officials who teach healthy eating...
-
Fate of rural hospitals rests in the hands of community members, writes publisher of weekly Crittenden Press in Marion
Just like country grocery stores in rural areas often have to close because community members drive past them to chain stores to save a few cents, rural hospitals will also...
-
UK gets $2.5 million for rural child poverty nutrition center
L-R: Nancy Cox, dean of UK’s College of Agriculture, Foodand Environment; Secy. Tom Vilsack; Gov. Steve Beshear. Kentucky Health News Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced at the University of Kentucky...
-
Beshear says Ky. rural hospitals ‘have a positive cash flow’ but he can’t prove it; industry says it sees ‘some improvement’
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Steve Beshear says Kentucky’s rural hospitals are profitable again, thanks to his expansion of Medicaid, but he offers little evidence...
-
Researchers blame Walmart, other bulk suppliers for part of obesity epidemic
Part of the rise of obesity in America can be linked to the availability of cheap food sold in bulk from warehouse stores like Walmart, says a study released this...
-
Officials of hospitals and state government to discuss future of Ky. health care at Jan. 29 ‘summit’ In Frankfort
State government and the Kentucky Hospital Association will co-host a summit for hospital CEOs, hospital board members and other elected officials and decision makers on the future of health-care delivery...
-
Free-standing emergency departments could be the solution to keeping hospital services in rural areas
The tribulations of rural hospitals in Georgia, and the response, could signal a new direction for saving such facilities. Four rural hospitals in Georgia “have closed in the past two...
-
As Edelen begins hearings on rural hospitals’ finances, state gives figures on Medicaid expansion and reimbursement
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The expansion of the federal-state Medicaid program funneled $284 million to Kentucky health-care providers in the first quarter of the year, the state Cabinet...
-
Panel of physicians at national conference discuss future of rural primary care, how to solve doctor shortages
More needs to be done to address the shortage of primary-care physicians, a big problem in rural areas and much of Kentucky, according to a panel of physicians at “Rural...
-
Carlisle hospital closes, making Nicholas County the 40th Kentucky county without a hospital
Fully one-third of Kentucky’s counties will not have a hospital, following the closure of Nicholas County Hospital in Carlisle. That will make Nicholas the 40th county without a hospital, according...