Rural Health Care: Innovation In A Changing Environment [Hardcover]

This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the current rural health environment by sorting topics into coverage of the demand for rural health, the supply of resources (facilities and personnel), the broad application of technology, and the roles of government policies and rural sociology. A major purpose is to guide those involved in decision making and planning to insure continued provision of health care for rural residents. A unique feature is the integration of innovative approaches throughout the work; there is a recognition that several rural institutions are undergoing transition and that fresh approaches are critical.

This work will be of interest to scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners in rural health care, health care facilities, and health care management.

LAVONNE A. STRAUB is Associate Professor of Economics at Western Illinois University. She is the co-editor (with Norman Walzer) ofFinancing Rural Health Care(Praeger, 1988).

NORMAN WALZER is Director of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University. He is editor ofRural Community Economic Development(Praeger, 1992).

Foreword by Robert T. Van Hook
Preface
Introduction
The Demand for Rural Health Care
Financing The Demand For Rural Health Care by LaVonne A. Straub and Norman Walzer
Access and Utilization: Special Populations-Special Needs by Lanis L. Hicks
The Supply of Rural Health Care-Facility Inputs
The Case for Keeping the Rural Hospital by Ron Damasauskas
Evaluating Alternative Rural Hospital Models: What Are We Learning? by George H. McNeely
The Primary Care Hospital: More and Better Health Care Without Closure by Jeffrey C. Bauer
The Supply of Rural Health Care-Labor Inputs
Medical Education and Preparation of Physicians For Rural Practice by Kevin M. Fickenscher
Preparing and Recruiting Nurses For Innovating Rural Practice Roles by Eileen M. Weis
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