What are the barriers to health care in rural areas?
- Need to travel great distances to obtain services
- Lack of personal transportation
- Unavailable public transportation
- Lack of telephone services
- Unavailable outreach services
- Unpredictable weather and travel conditions
- Lack of know-how to procure entitlements and services
- Poor provider attitudes and understanding about rural populations
- Language barriers (caregivers not linguistically competent)
- Lack of culturally appropriate care and services