“We already know that people in rural regions who are located farther from health care use care less and generally have worse outcomes,” said Dr. Research shows people are less likely to seek health care, even emergency care, when they need to travel farther to get it, especially when they are more than about 30 minutes from a hospital. beds are in short supply - even a relatively small outbreak there could overwhelm medical resources, with potentially grim consequences for public health. That poses challenges for communities where hospitals are scarce and I.C.U. As the coronavirus outbreak spreads into rural parts of the United States, more people who live far from a hospital are increasingly likely to need one.
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