The ACA calls for the development of a National Health Care Quality Strategy and Plan (National Quality Strategy) that, by definition, will affect health care that is delivered to millions of Americans who live in rural areas and thousands of health care providers who care for them. The goal of this paper is to answer the question, “What rural considerations should be addressed in a National Quality Strategy?”
This report was written by Health Panel members: A. Clinton MacKinney, Jennifer Lundblad, Andrew Coburn, Timothy McBride, Keith Mueller; published Dec. 14, 2010.
