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3646
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Providers of rural health must deal with a number of problems, including shortage of funds and staff, lack of transportation for health care recipients, an aging population, isolated dwellings, and an increase in AIDS.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 14 Issue 1, Fall 1997, p6-10, il Periodical Website
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Record #:
17179
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Telemedicine networks which the state's 135 hospitals can connect with provide advanced health care information to patients in rural areas where in-person clinical interactions with doctors are not always possible.
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43649
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"Before Cannon Memorial Hospital's labor and delivery unit closed in 2015, Dr. Benjamin Gilmer delivered one of the last babies to be born in an Avery County hospital. the unit where his cousins were born is gone because it was no longer seen as cost-effective to provide obstetrical care in the county." Gilmer is the Rural Health Initiative director with Mountain Area Health Education Center.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 55 Issue 2, February 2023, p8-9, il, map
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