VIDEO: Study identifies priorities for rural health system redesign

Disparities in health care access and outcomes among patients in rural areas of the United States have led to calls for a system redesign.
Rebecca L. West, MPH, a research manager at Ipsos and DrPH candidate at Boston University, and colleagues recently conducted a whole-systems qualitative study to identify strategies that would improve the rural health care system.
After interviewing more than 70 clinicians and administrators in Washington County, Maine — a rural, impoverished area with limited access to health and social services — the researchers identified three priorities:
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Disparities in health care access and outcomes among patients in rural areas of the United States have led to calls for a system redesign.
Rebecca L. West, MPH, a research manager at Ipsos and DrPH candidate at Boston University, and colleagues recently conducted a whole-systems qualitative study to identify strategies that would improve the rural health care system.
After interviewing more than 70 clinicians and administrators in Washington County, Maine — a rural, impoverished area with limited access to health and social services — the researchers identified three priorities:
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