What factors result in rural residents having less access to health care than urban dwellers?
a. Employment opportunities may be low paying and seasonal.
b. Greater distances to travel and limited choice of health care providers
c. Health care providers prefer to work in higher-paying urban settings.
d. Rural residents are less likely to have health insurance.
e. Rural persons' economic resources are tied up in land, not easily accessible cash.
f. Rural persons believe in self-sufficiency and self-care, not asking others for help.
Ans:
a. Employment opportunities may be low paying and seasonal.
b. Greater distances to travel and limited choice of health care providers
c. Health care providers prefer to work in higher-paying urban settings.
d. Rural residents are less likely to have health insurance.
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