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Rural residents are less likely to describe themselves as beingin good health than their urban and suburban counterparts, and theyface more challenges when accessing health care, accordingto a national consumer survey bythe Transamerica Center for Health Studies.
Rural America is becoming a medical desert, with more than 125U.S. rural hospitals closing in the last decade, the report states. And the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the situationand raising concerns about the accessibility of health care inrural areas.
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Charles Toutant
Charles Toutant is a litigation writer for the New Jersey Law Journal.
