The relationship between low social/emotional support and health care affordability among rural and urban residents
Low social/emotional support is associated with higher odds and predicted probabilities of all health care affordability issues regardless of rurality. Future policy aimed at reducing medical debt in rural areas should consider the beneficial impacts of social/emotional support.
Authors
- Hannah MacDougall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-3913)
- Carrie Henning‐Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0273-0387)
- Alexis Swendener (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5964-3970)
- Ingrid Jacobson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0199-9082)
- Katie Rydberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3615-4792)
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Minnesota Department of Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Rural Health
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.70034
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17