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Health-Related Services Research Paper

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Abstract: Research on access to transportation for health-related services shows that a lot of Americans either miss or delay their appointments for medical care due to the lack of transportation. It is shown unequivocally that, the people who are most affected by this predicament are poorer people in the suburban or urban settings, geriatric patients, obese people, disabled or chronically ill patients. Some root causes for this problem include inaccessibility to vehicles because people just cannot afford them or lack of commercials vehicles in the rural communities. Also for some patients who are obese, old, chronically ill or disabled, taking the bus or subway or taxi can be a challenge. Consequently, they miss their medical appointments.

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