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Availability And Perceived Adequacy Of Health Services In Utah, Cheryl L. Thayer
Availability And Perceived Adequacy Of Health Services In Utah, Cheryl L. Thayer
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
It is the general consensus that continuous and comprehensive health care of good quality should be available to all, under conditions that are convenient, comfortable, and not detrimental to the dignity or self-respect of the individual.
This study concerns the adequacy of health services as perceived by persons living in rural, urban, and urbanizing-rural areas of Utah. It is also a study (1) to determine the degree to which various demographics found to be related to differential medical needs in metropolitan areas is related to perception of health services, and (2) to assess the congruence between empirical and perceived availability …
Toward A Measurement Of The Adequacy Of Health Services In Rural Utah, Michael K. Miller
Toward A Measurement Of The Adequacy Of Health Services In Rural Utah, Michael K. Miller
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The research reported in this thesis was an exploratory nature undertaken for the purpose of developing a measure of the adequacy of health services in three rural counties in Utah. The three counties included in the study area were Beaver, Piute, and Wayne.
Adequacy of health services in the three-county area was measured on the basis of (1) the general population's, or consumer's, perception of the adequacy of the existing services, (2) the professional's or provider's perception of the adequacy of the existing services, and (3) adequacy of the existing services determined by a comparison with an established standard.
The …