Background and purpose Despite efforts to provide comprehensive health care services and
reduce inequalities, most developed countries face serious challenges in achieving …

Compared to their urban counterparts, rural and remote inhabitants experience lower life
expectancy and poorer health status. Nowhere is the worldwide shortage of health …

This chapter explores successes and constraints in terms of the right to access health care in
rural areas. We present a case study that provides insight into daily challenges patients from …

The 1980s saw a retrenchment of the ideology that government intervention could solve the
problems of inadequate access to health services in rural areas. Increased emphasis was …

The purpose of this article is to examine the issue of quality of care in rural America and to
help others examine this issue in a way that is consistent with the very real challenges faced …

Objectives To review research published before and after the passage of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) examining barriers in seeking or accessing health …

This paper reviews the various indicators and criteria that are in use to identify rural and
urban areas with shortages of primary care physicians, dentists, psychiatrists, or nurses; …

Reliable information on how health service strategies affect the poor is in short supply. In an
attempt to redress the imbalance,'Improving Health Service Delivery in Developing …

Abstract Background In sub-Saharan Africa, universal health coverage (UHC) reforms have
often adopted a technocratic top-down approach, with little attention being paid to the rural …

Background To compile key strategies from the international experiences to improve access
to primary healthcare (PHC) services in rural communities. Different innovative approaches …