Rural health care: a British success or a tale of unmet need?
Soc Sci Med
; 24(3): 263-74, 1987.
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ABSTRACT
Discussion over health needs and health care in the U.K. has mainly centered on the urban area. The countryside has not been included in this debate because it is assumed that rural people are healthier than their urban counterparts and that health and social services are more effective. This paper questions these two premises and shows higher than expected levels of illness in the rural area and the health services to be largely dependent on general practice which, like all rural services, is becoming increasingly centralised and inaccessible. What is needed, it is argued, is the construction of a case for more localised care. Not that this should necessarily lead to a singularly rural type of health service, rather that patterns of provision should be adapted to local needs wherever they are situated.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Saúde da População Rural
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Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde
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Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde
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Pesquisa sobre Serviços de Saúde
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Soc Sci Med
Ano de publicação:
1987
Tipo de documento:
Article