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Virginia Polytechnic Institute

A study of persons with medical care needs among selected rural families in Pulaski County, Virginia

Abstract

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It has been the purpose of this study to determine the medical care needs among rural Pulaski County folks in relation to tenure, land class, and occupations which are indicative of income, age and sex, schooling of the homemaking, size of family or household, distance from medical personnel and facilities, and loss of income through absenteeism from wrong because of illness. The expenditures for six types of medical care and health insurance were also studied in relation to the factors above.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
M.S.
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Rural Sociology
Department dc:contributor.department
Rural Sociology
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Year dc:date.issued
1948

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Farmer, Julia Frances

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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Handle dc:identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104328
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/104328

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Farmer, Julia Frances. A study of persons with medical care needs among selected rural families in Pulaski County, Virginia. masters thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1948. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104328