Health care access barriers among metropolitan and nonmetropolitan populations of eight geographically diverse states, 2018.
Whitney E ZahndPeiyin HungElizabeth L CrouchRadhika RanganathanJan M EberthPublished in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2024)
Micropolitan populations experience more barriers to health care, and nonmetropolitan respondents report more cost-related barriers than their metropolitan counterparts, raising concerns on health care disparities and financial burdens for these underserved populations. This underscores the need to mitigate these barriers, particularly among those in micropolitan areas and minorized populations.