Publication Date: May 7th, 2000
Publication Type(s): Peer-reviewed Journal Publications
Topic(s): Hospitals and Clinics, Quality
Author(s): Moscovice, I. & Rosenblatt, R.
Abstract: 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 by rural communities in ensuring the availability of adequate health services. Rural citizens have a right to expect that their local health care meets certain basic standards. Unless rural providers can document that the quality of local health care meets objective external standards, third-party payers might refuse to contract with rural providers, and increasingly sophisticated consumers might leave their communities for basic medical care services.
Published in: Journal of Rural Health