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Health, Work, and Care in Rural America

Description
Report examining rural access to paid leave from work, the economic impacts of limited access to paid leave, and distances to hospital-based and skilled nursing care. Offers a broad view of rural economic and health dynamics, travel burdens to access hospital-based care, and presents policy recommendations to address paid leave as a social determinant of health.
Author(s)
Vicki Shabo, Hannah Friedman
Date
11/2022
Type
Document
Organization
New America
Tagged as
Access · Economics and the economy · Employment and unemployment · Health disparities · Income · Long-term care · Policy · Social determinants of health