America's rural hospitals: a selective review of 1980s research.

Challenges of the Rural Environment in a Global Economy

INFORMATION HAS BECOME A CRITICAL part of successful economic develop ment for individuals, businesses, and communities. Lack of access to information was at least partially responsible for rural America's inability to keep up with urban increases in population, high-wage occupations, income, and education levels during the 1980s. Among rural areas, growth in farmingdependent counties and persi...

Analysis of factors affecting livelihood sustainability in rural areas of Sari County

Introduction A review of studies in developing countries shows that economic programs in developing countries to achieve sustainable livelihoods and economic issues have failed to reduce poverty and a sustainable economy in rural areas. Therefore, today, one of the biggest challenges of planning rural communities and undermining the poverty in developing countries is providing livelihood. A a...

Latin America's Exclusionary Rural Development in a Neo-liberal World

Disparities in equity and access for hospitalised atherothrombotic disease.

OBJECTIVE This study of equity and access characterises admissions for coronary, cerebrovascular and peripheral arterial disease by hospital type (rural, tertiary and non-tertiary metropolitan) in a representative Australian population. METHODS We conducted a descriptive analysis using data linkage of all residents aged 35-84 years hospitalised in Western Australia with a primary diagnosis fo...

Issues in Rural Health: Access, Hospitals, and Reform

This overview discusses articles published in this issue of the Health Care Financing Review, entitled "Access to Health Care Services in Rural Areas: Delivery and Financing Issues." These articles focus on the following topics: rural hospitals (including closures, the impact of Federal grants, network development, and costs), managed care in rural areas, telemedicine, and the delivery of menta...