All residents have timely, affordable, and convenient access to healthcare services
% Was Unable to Get Needed Medical Care in the Past Year
Current Value
17
Definition
Story Behind the Curve
The "Story Behind the Curve" helps us understand why the data on the percent of adults with no leisure-time physical activity is the way that it is in our community. When we understand the root causes of our community problems, we have a better chance of finding the right solutions, together.
What's Helping? These are the positive forces at work in our community and beyond that influence this issue in our community.
- Local FQHC (Mountain Health Community Partnership)
- Yancey County Health Department Clinical Services
- Yancey County Health Department and Community Paramedic Collaboration
- Community Paramedics
- Construction of new Advent Hospital in neighboring county
- Toe River Project Access
- Medicaid expansion
What's Hurting? These are the negative forces at work in our community and beyond that influence this issue in our community.
- Difficulty recruiting providers to the area
- Structure of the US healthcare system
- Aging providers
- Loss of MCHP Micaville clinic during hurricane Helene
- Insurance affordability
- transportation challenges
- services are not available locally
- health care affordability
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