The Public Health Case for Addressing Transportation-Related Barriers to Care

• Published in: American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 110; no. 6; pp. 763 - 764
• Main Author: Henning-Smith, Carrie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Public Health Association 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Access to Care; Barriers; Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data; Employment; Environmental effects; Female; Geography; Guidelines as Topic; Health care; Health care access; Health care policy; Health services; Health Services Accessibility - standards; Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Insurance coverage; Male; Medicaid; Public health; Public Health - standards; Public Health - statistics & numerical data; Public transportation; Racism; Roads & highways; Rural areas; Socioeconomic Factors; Telemedicine; Transportation; Transportation - standards; Transportation - statistics & numerical data; Transportation planning; Transportation systems; United States; Urban areas; Urban planning; United States; United States > US

The many ways in which the US health care system does not fully meet the needs of the population are well documented. Issues abound in health care encounters, but problems with the system are most pervasive when people cannot even get inside the door. Access to care, encompassing availability, accom...