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Title: Estimating the Impact of the Local Health Care Sector on a Rural Economy Using an IMPLAN Based SAM

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Publication Year: 2003

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Abstract: The rural health sector often plays a vital yet overlooked role in the economy of many rural areas. At the same time, the rural health care delivery system is rapidly changing. These changes, which may or may not be for the better, have the potential for affecting the quality and quantity of delivered health care in Morgan County West Virginia and other rural locations. Changes in the health care delivery system include the growth in managed care systems, which may require local patients to bypass local health delivery systems and decreases in Medicare and Medicaid subsidies to local hospitals and other service providers, which could also lead to a reduction in locally provided health services. The growth in provider networks may change the nature and location of local health care services. The growth in the use of telemedicine has the potential for increasing access to consultative and specialty care at the local level. The designation of critical access hospitals for underserved rural areas by the federal government could help rural communities retain local health care service providers...

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Authors: Hughes, David W.; Walker, Tom

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Publication Number: 5

Institution: University of West Virginia

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Publisher Location: West Virginia

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

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