Rural Health Information Hub's (RHIhub) Transportation to Support Rural Healthcare focuses on how communities can provide transportation services to support access to rural healthcare, which may also benefit healthcare providers by decreasing inappropriate use of EMS services, improving utilization of healthcare services, decreasing no-show rates, and increasing access to health-supporting services. The guide also highlights transportation as a community-based service that can allow the elderly and people with disabilities to live successfully in a community rather than entering a long-term care facility or leaving the community. National RTAP served as a reviewer for this topic guide.
Source: https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/transportation
TA Centers: National RTAP, TACL Partner
Terms: Access, Aged, Communities, Emergencies, Families, Government funding, Health care, Low income groups, Medical services, Persons with disabilities, Planning, Rural areas, Rural transit, Rural transportation, Rural travel
Tags: access, ADA, burden, burdens, communities, community, disabilities, disability, elderly, emergencies, emergency, EMS, families, funding, funds, grants, health care, healthcare, low income, Medicaid, medical care, nemt, non-emergency, older, planning, rural, senior, seniors, VA, veterans
