Health services for underserved areas in the rural South.
Despite major advances in health care in this country, the rural South remains a region that is medically underserved. After reviewing the current state of health care delivery in underserved rural areas, the authors propose a model to unite traditional and nontraditional health services and prevention and treatment efforts to form a comprehensive network aimed at improving the availability of care.
D000407:Alabama; D003191:Comprehensive Health Care / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D005845:Georgia; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008922:Mississippi; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009657:North Carolina; D012423:Rural Health; D012947:Social Work; D013022:South Carolina