Record #:

31259

Author(s):

Gannon, Renee

Abstract:

According to the Carolina Organ Procurement Agency in Durham, more than two-thousand North Carolinians are waiting for organ or tissue donations. The statewide program of the EMC Volunteers Committee in 1999 is to promote organ and tissue donation. In this article, a North Carolina family discusses organ donation and their experience.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 31 Issue 1, Jan 1999, p11, por

Subject(s):

Medical care; Health care accessibility

Record #:

31714

Author(s):

Payne, Peggy

Abstract:

Governor Jim Holshouser has recommended a system of community health clinics staffed by “physician extenders” to address the shortage of medical care in rural communities. As a first phase in the program, five community health clinics will open next year. Details of the program and operations are discussed in this article.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 5 Issue 12, Dec 1973, p8-9, il, por

Subject(s):

Rural health services; Health care accessibility; Health facilities

Record #:

31288

Author(s):

McIntyre, Mike

Abstract:

North Carolina Congressman Mike McIntyre discusses efforts toward good health care in rural communities. As co-chairman of the Rural Health Care Coalition, McIntyre helped introduce the Triple-A Rural Health Improvement Act, which addresses accessibility, affordability and accountability of health care services.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 31 Issue 7, July 1999, p4, por

Subject(s):

Rural health services; Health care accessibility

Record #:

27360

Author(s):

Abstract:

The cost of health care is rising due to practices of consumers and the way the health care system is setup. Several Triangle area medical experts weigh in on the problems with the health care system and its rising costs.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 9 Issue 31, July 31- Aug. 6 1991, p11-12 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Health care industry; Health care; Health care funding; Health care accessibility

Record #:

36251

Author(s):

Blake, Kathy

Abstract:

Part of winning the ongoing battle with cancer included factors that many patients not of limited means may take for granted: transportation and cost of insurance and treatments. Attesting to the necessity of affordable health care included descriptions of cutting-edge procedures and benefits of the modern multi-faceted, collaborative approach to treatments.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 6, June 2017, p40, 42, 44-45 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cancer; Medical care; Medical care facilities; Health care; Health care accessibility; Charlotte; Winston-Salem; Wilmington