Primary Care Delivery

The lack of primary care impacts the delivery of primary care in rural areas in several ways; which in include the: location, availability to maintain and retain health providers, and cost of health care. This may be associated with the distance to primary care facilities and inability to obtain transportation to primary care facilities. Rural areas may also not be able to retain and maintain primary health providers. Many providers are unaware of how rural areas primary care systems function and may experience culture shock and loneliness due to the lack of assistance; and the assumption that they are supposed to be well-versed in all aspects of health care (Warren & Smalley, 2014). Privacy and confidentiality may also be questioned if rural areas primary health care providers live closely to or have other outside relationships with the patients they treat. This may cause resistance to treatments, questions of ethical violations, and possible legal implications. This may also lead to the departure of health providers and closing of primary care facilities. Cost is also …show more content…
The physical location of a primary care facility may determine the number of residents that seek care and maintain care. If a primary care facility is located in a part of a rural area reasonably accessible to all residents, more resident may seek and maintain care. Although, if the structure of the facility is located in a convenient area and noticeably provides services that provoke and/or promote social stigmas, rural residents may seek limited care, incomplete care, or ignore care. The potential limited usage of a primary care facility may inhibit the financial status of the facility and its providers; and result in the loss of providers and/or the