Appalachian Health Care: The Struggle to Reach Remote Areas.

Flannery, Maureen

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ERIC Number: EJ262125

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1982

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Appalachian Health Care: The Struggle to Reach Remote Areas.

Flannery, Maureen

Appalachia, v15 n4 p17-24 Mar-Apr 1982

Supports renewed funding of the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) "finish-up health plan" and "highway finish-up program." Discusses at length the need for primary care services, prevention of infant mortality, and the lack of physicians in Appalachia, and how the ARC plans can affect these needs. (LC)

Descriptors: Clinics, Community Health Services, Financial Support, Health Needs, Health Personnel, Health Programs, High Risk Persons, Infant Mortality, Labor Turnover, Physicians, Pregnancy, Preventive Medicine, Primary Health Care, Road Construction, Rural Areas, Sanitation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Kentucky

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