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Bagby, Jane W.; And Others – 1986
In the early 1960's, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) established a goal to make health care more accessible to the people of the mountains. Today, a primary health care facility is within a 30 minute drive of nearly all Appalachian counties. There has also been a substantial, but still inadequate increase in health care professionals in…
Descriptors: Health Care Costs, Health Facilities, Health Services, Medical Care Evaluation