Limited rural health care means greater health risks
Limited rural health care means greater health risks December 16, 2020 Donglan "Stacy" Zhang (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA) An overall increase in primary care clinicians has not closed the gap between rural and urban health care disparities. That’s according to research from a University of Georgia scientist. “We know that rural patients die early from heart disease and stroke. In general, they have a higher mortality,” said Donglan “Stacy” Zhang, assistant professor of health policy and management in the College of Public Health. “We wanted to explore the upstream factors th...
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