Rural health

Question 1

U.S. population lives in areas classified as “rural”

Answer 1

15 to 20%

Question 2

Hospitals closed from 2005 -2023

Answer 2

190

Question 3

The 3 primary components of access are

Answer 3

• Entry into the health care system,
• Ability to reach a location where health care services are provided, and
• A relationship with a health care provider the patient trusts and with whom he or she can communicate.

Question 4

Save Rural Hospitals Act (HR 2957)

Answer 4

measure seeks to stabilize rural hospitals by ending many of the Medicare cuts that are threatening these facilities’ survival.

U.S Reps. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa).

Question 5

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Answer 5

Higher in rural areas - PT oportunity

Question 6

Opioids

Answer 6

Higher in rural areas - PT as alternative

Question 7

Breast cancer. (Rural)

Answer 7

Rural environment not condusive to exercise. PT to help breastcancer survivors with exercise program

Question 8

Pediatrics (rural)

Answer 8

access disparity with medicaid and PT OT access in rural areas means kids get less help.

Question 9

Stroke. (Rural)

Answer 9

Higher number of strokes in rural population with less access to PT