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Health care services vary given a geographical location of an organization. All services are may not be provided in one area, furthermore, patients often must travel to obtain services whom live in rural areas. For example, according to Spasojevic, Vasilj, Hrabac, & Celik (2015), rural residents are more likely to travel more than 15 minutes to see their health facilities compared with urban residents. Based on the course readings and your own research discuss/answer the following: How does ancillary services offered in rural and urban areas differ? Regarding ancillary services, what are some disadvantages to consumers (patients) living in rural populated areas? What recommendations would you provide as a health care leader to lessen these disadvantages.

Answer 1

Ancilliary services differ in rural areas when compared with urban areas. Rural people have difficulties to access to care because of traveling of long-distance. Rural people have a limited level of facility in getting of care because of low population. This makes them wait for a long time to seek providers or to get travel to the urban area. The rural area has limited opportunities in utilizing health care resources. Whereas urban people have convenient use of services within the area and advanced facility and a wide range of providers and resources made them easy to access to services.

Some disadvantages of rural health population regarding ancillary services are increased travel time, expense, loss of daily wages, emotional imbalance of patient and family members. Rural people get only specific needs of care. Rural people also have an increased risk of complication of care and hospital-acquired infection. Make accessibility of care by providing care within the reach. Made availability of adequate resources to meet the needs of the patient.