Challenges Faced by Rural Healthcare Facilities: Research Proposal

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This paper is a research proposal to investigate whether rural health care facilities overcome the ongoing challenges to provide quality medical care to their communities. The author provides background information leading up to this question as well as a recommendation for future studies and some diagrams of interest.

Content:
Context of the Problem
Statement of the problem
Research Questions
Rationale of the Research
Significance of the Study
Methodology
Literature Review
Recommendations of the Research

From the Paper:

"Twenty-five percent of the total population in the United States are living in rural areas and compared with urban Americans and healthcare facilities in rural areas generally serve low-income, the elderly, and individuals who are less informed and armed with less knowledge concerning health care prevention measures. Moreover, rural individuals accessing healthcare in rural facilities face barriers to healthcare such as fewer doctors, hospitals and health resources in generation and face difficulty in accessing health services.
"Hospital closures and other market changes have adversely affected rural areas, leaving State and Federal policymakers, and others concerned about access to health care in rural America. Considerable changes in the health care delivery system over the past decade have intensified the need for new approaches to health care in rural areas. Managed care organizations, for example, may not be developed easily in rural areas, partly because of low population density."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Healthcare and Healthcare Insurance Country Report: India (2004) Tata Consultancy Services and Microsoft. WebHealthCentre.com. 2004 August. Online available at: http://download.microsoft.com/documents/customerevidence/7144_WebHealth_CS.doc
• Expert Panel Meeting: Health Information Technology (2003) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 23-24 July 2003. Online available at: http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hitmeet.htm
• Silberman, P. and Slifkin, R. (nd) Innovative Primary Case Management Programs Operating in Rural Communities: Case Studies of Three States. Working Paper No. 76 North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Program.
• Ormond, Barbara A.; Wallin, Susan Wall; and Goldenson, Susan M. (2000) Supporting the Rural Health Care Net. 15 May 2000 Urban Institute
• Rygh, E.M. and Hjortdahl, P. (2007) Continuous and Integrated Health Care Services in Rural Areas: A Literature Study. Rural and Remote Health Journal.7:766 2007 Online available at: http://ww.rrh.org.au.

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