Palliative Care Challenges and Solutions in Rural U.S. Communities
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Description
Policy brief describing the availability of palliative care (PC) services in rural communities compared with urban areas, and identifying novel solutions for providing PC to rural areas. Features statistics including sociodemographic characteristics of urban and rural counties with and without hospitals offering PC as of 2020, and availability of PC in rural hospitals and health systems as of 2022-2023, with breakdowns by large rural, small rural, and isolated rural areas.
Author(s)
Natalia V. Oster, Laura-Mae Baldwin, Pat Justis, et al.
Date
09/2024
Type
Document
Organization
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Access · Community and faith-based initiatives · Hospice and palliative care · Hospitals · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data