Rural areas face woes in health care delivery, try model systems.
Health planning such as consolidation and closure of facilities and services to contain costs often contradicts rural populations' needs for increased access to better or even basic services/Model programs to meet these needs are discussed.
D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006307:Health Systems Agencies; D006752:Hospital Planning; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D012424:Rural Population; D014481:United States