These areas are called hospital deserts, as citizens will potentially lack the healthcare supply within the critical time limit during an emergency.

16 мар. 2023 г. · No rural hospitals have closed in Texas since March 2020, which health care experts have credited to federal funding that served as a safety net ...

Even in large cities like Houston, hospital closures can lead to hospital deserts. Once a patient arrives at the hospital, there's also the question of hospital.

29 нояб. 2023 г. · Maternity deserts are counties with limited access to preventive, prenatal and postpartum care services. What constitutes a maternity desert are ...

The hospital desert index considers the travel time, location, bed supply, and population. The cities located along the outskirts of metropolitan regions and ...

25 янв. 2024 г. · Many rural communities are introducing new solutions to health care deserts, including mobile health clinics and telehealth centers. But in ...

2 февр. 2023 г. · Community health workers are stepping in to provide critical services and information in rural areas with few hospitals or doctors.

30 мая 2024 г. · Texas has 189 designated geographic mental health shortage areas, covering 199 counties. About 4.1M residents are underserved, or 13.3% of the ...

22 мар. 2024 г. · We introduced a hospital desert index, considering factors like travel time, location, bed supply, and population, to identify areas with ...

7 окт. 2024 г. · Commentary: Limited access to early care leads to more advanced diseases, costly interventions and poorer health outcomes.