The COVID-19 pandemic impact on independent and provider-based rural health clinics' operations and cancer prevention and screening provision in the United States.
Whitney E ZahndAllie F SilvermanStella SelfPeiyin HungNabil NatafgiSwann Arp AdamsMelinda A MerrellOtis L OwensElizabeth L CrouchJan M EberthPublished in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2023)
The pandemic's impact on independent and provider-based RHCs and their patients was considerable. Going forward, greater resources should be targeted to RHCs-particularly independent RHCs-to ensure their ability to initiate and sustain evidence-based prevention and screening services.