Focus on access, health literacy to improve headache management in rural areas

ORLANDO, Fla. — To properly address headache care gaps in rural areas, clinicians must focus on boosting access, improving health literacy and formulating simple but informative plans for medication usage, according to a speaker.
“For the rural population, there were about 40 ER visits out of 10,000 people compared to about 22 visits (per 10,000) in the non-rural population,” Kristina Lopez, MD, assistant professor at West Virginia University’s Neurology Clinic, told attendees during her presentation at the American Neurological Association annual meeting. “In the

ORLANDO, Fla. — To properly address headache care gaps in rural areas, clinicians must focus on boosting access, improving health literacy and formulating simple but informative plans for medication usage, according to a speaker.
“For the rural population, there were about 40 ER visits out of 10,000 people compared to about 22 visits (per 10,000) in the non-rural population,” Kristina Lopez, MD, assistant professor at West Virginia University’s Neurology Clinic, told attendees during her presentation at the American Neurological Association annual meeting. “In the