Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
Useful explorations of the issues faced by rural health care institutions and caregivers. Faculty; professional.Choice
Review
This volume is an excellent collection of articles covering rural health care. The authors reflect a blend of perspectives from academe, consultants, and government. . . . This is an excellent book. The chapters on technology are particularly well done, and the attention directed to this topic is significant given its potential impact on rural health care. In addition, this book does an excellent job in discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the development and use of alternative rural hospital models. The chapter, ``The Case for Keeping the Rural Hospital, is particularly well done. It is also refreshing to see an article on nurses in rural health care, since they fulfill such a critical role in rural health care delivery. The chapters are as current as any book can be on the changing environment of rural health care. . . . Rural Health Care would make a solid text for a course on rural health care delivery.Inquiry
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-204) and index.
About the Author
LAVONNE A. STRAUB is Associate Professor of Economics at Western Illinois University. She is the co-editor (with Norman Walzer) of Financing Rural Health Care (Praeger, 1988).NORMAN WALZER is Director of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University. He is editor of Rural Community Economic Development (Praeger, 1992).
Table of Contents
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
Technology to Optimize Provision of Rural Services
Technology: The Key to Transforming Rural Health Care by Donald L. Cordes and LaVonne A. Straub
Medical Informatics: Technology for Rural Health Care by Richard L. Thorp and Donald L. Cordes
Rural EMS System Development: Innovative Technological Approaches by Paul B. Anderson
Linkages
The RWJ Hospital-Based Demonstration and State Rural Health Policy by Anthony R. Kovner and Joan M. Kiel
Developing a Rural Health Care Agenda for the Future by Larry T. Patton
Rural Society: The Environment of Rural Health Care by Edward W. Hassinger and Daryl J. Hobbs
Bibliography
Index