Cancer Patients In Rural Areas
Cancer Patients that reside in rural areas face many challenges when it comes to high quality health care. The top 5 cancer research centers are in some of the biggest cities in America. They are in Houston, New York, Boston, Seattle, and Baltimore.
Cancer patients in rural areas have to spend thousands of more dollars to see more experienced doctors and visit better hospitals. They spend extra money on apartments, hotels, car rentals, food, gas, and out of pocket medical expenses. For example, my mom was diagnosed with a rare cancer and she had to visit MD Anderson in Houston, Texas. She spent over $20,000 to receive better quality care.
Rural areas don't offer hospitals that promote research based care. Hospitals in urban areas have
hospitals that have spent many years researching and have the best doctors from around the nation and the world. Rural areas have average doctors, who have studied at average colleges. Urban areas have doctors who have all mostly studied at Harvard, Stanford, and John Hopkins University.
Cancer patients in rural areas don't have the different types of treatments and surgeries that they need. Rural areas only offer little amounts of both. Many people have been given the wrong chemo and surgery from visiting a rural area cancer center. Research by UShealthnews.com has shown that cancer patients in rural areas have an 8% more of a risk of dying than patients who visit urban cancer hospitals.
Although, we can help rural areas have better health and cancer care. The question is are the people in these areas willing to pay for the bills or do they just not care? Also, are they even going to be able to afford the bills?
In conclusion, rural areas need better cancer clinics in a bad way. Rural areas are going unnoticed, and people are not noticing how bad these patients are being treated. The reasons why these cancer patients are dying so quickly is because of the certain treatments, inexperienced doctors, and certain surgeries. As Health.usnews.com said “ If we don't help rural areas now, it's only going to get worse. “
Cancer patients in rural areas have to spend thousands of more dollars to see more experienced doctors and visit better hospitals. They spend extra money on apartments, hotels, car rentals, food, gas, and out of pocket medical expenses. For example, my mom was diagnosed with a rare cancer and she had to visit MD Anderson in Houston, Texas. She spent over $20,000 to receive better quality care.
Rural areas don't offer hospitals that promote research based care. Hospitals in urban areas have
hospitals that have spent many years researching and have the best doctors from around the nation and the world. Rural areas have average doctors, who have studied at average colleges. Urban areas have doctors who have all mostly studied at Harvard, Stanford, and John Hopkins University.
Cancer patients in rural areas don't have the different types of treatments and surgeries that they need. Rural areas only offer little amounts of both. Many people have been given the wrong chemo and surgery from visiting a rural area cancer center. Research by UShealthnews.com has shown that cancer patients in rural areas have an 8% more of a risk of dying than patients who visit urban cancer hospitals.
Although, we can help rural areas have better health and cancer care. The question is are the people in these areas willing to pay for the bills or do they just not care? Also, are they even going to be able to afford the bills?
In conclusion, rural areas need better cancer clinics in a bad way. Rural areas are going unnoticed, and people are not noticing how bad these patients are being treated. The reasons why these cancer patients are dying so quickly is because of the certain treatments, inexperienced doctors, and certain surgeries. As Health.usnews.com said “ If we don't help rural areas now, it's only going to get worse. “