Left Out: Barriers to Health Equity for Rural and Underserved Communities
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Summarizes responses to a Request for Information from the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee's Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force. Describes factors contributing to healthcare challenges in rural areas, including demographics, social and structural determinants of health, insurance coverage, access to care, and workforce shortages. Highlights promising models of healthcare delivery in rural areas. Includes state-by-state health equity maps.
Date
07/2020
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Document
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House Ways and Means Committee
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Access · Behavioral health · Broadband · County-by-county data · Health insurance · Health workforce shortage designations · Health workforce supply and demand · Mortality · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · State-by-state data · Statistics and data · State-by-state