Rural Health in the United States

Book Overview

Many of the 61 million people who live in rural America have limited access to health care. Almost a quarter of the nation's population lives in rural places yet only an eighth of our doctors work there. Sponsored by the U.S. Office of Rural Health Policy, this unique book provides the facts
about this imbalance and interprets them in the context of government programs that promote the placement of doctors and the operation of hospitals in rural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195131282
• ISBN13: 9780195131284
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"