title: Community outreach: rural mobile health unit.
abstract: With the increased emphasis on cost containment, hospital administrators are investigating community outreach projects to remain economically viable. The authors describe the planning and implementation of a mobile health unit for rural elderly residents. This project represents an alternative model of healthcare delivery in a rural area with limited resources and healthcare providers.
authors.affiliation: Rural Nurse Practitioner Mobile Health Unit, Research Foundation, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA. BBA100F@GIRAFFE.TECH.ODU.EDU
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Alexy
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Elnitsky
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018672:Community Health Planning; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008873:Mid-Atlantic Region; D008952:Mobile Health Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D011635:Public Health Administration; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012424:Rural Population