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The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is a national nonprofit professional association in the United States with more than 18,000 members. The association's mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues, which it attempts to carry out through education, communication, and advocacy.
A rural health clinic (RHC) is a clinic located in a rural, medically under-served area in the United States that has a separate reimbursement structure from the standard medical office under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. RHCs were established by the Rural Health Clinic Services Act of 1977 (P.L. 95-210), (Section 1905 of the Social ...
This is a list of hospitals in North Carolina.Five hospitals serve as university-affiliated academic medical centers: Duke University Hospital (Duke University), ECU Health (ECU), UNC Health (UNC), and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Atrium Health's Carolinas Medical Center (Wake Forest University), while WakeMed is an unaffiliated Level I trauma center.
Rural areas within the U.S. have been found to have a lower life expectancy than urban areas by approximately 2.4 years. [17] Rural U.S. populations are at a greater risk of mortality due to non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke, as well as unintentional injuries such as automobile accidents and opioid overdoses compared to urban ...
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Cullowhee (/ ˈ k ʌ l ə hw iː / [4]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States.It is located on the Tuckasegee River, and the permanent population was 7,682 at the 2020 census [5] up from 6,228 at the 2010 census.
Cashiers (/ ˈ k æ ʃ ər z / KASH-ərz) [5] is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated village located in southern Jackson County, North Carolina, United States.As of the 2020 United States census, the community had a total population of 657, [6] up from 157 at the 2010 census. [7]
Northampton County (/ n ɔːr ˈ θ æ m p t ə n / ⓘ nor-THAMP-tən) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,471. [1] Its county seat is Jackson. [2]