Authors: Rhodes, ER

Publication Year: 1989

Last Updated: 2016-01-08

Journal: Indian Health Service, Staff Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Research

Keywords: Adolescence; Adult; Aged; Attitude to Health; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Infant; Health Personnel; Health Services/Economics; Health Services/Utilization; Health Services Accessibility; Health Services Needs and Demand; Health Status; Health Surveys; Health Systems Plans; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Male; Risk Factors; Risk-Taking; Urban Population

Abstract:

Based upon Senate Report No. 100-165 and Conference Report No. 100-498 of FY 1988, the Committee on Appropriations requested that the Indian Health Service (IHS) conduct an assessment of the needs of urban Indians residing in the State of Arizona. The primary source of health care for urban Indians is the IHS. Other sources include county medical facilities, community health centers, and private providers. These latter resources are rarely used. More than 40 percent of the urban Indian community in Arizona utilize hospital emergency facilities. Overcrowding, transportation difficulties, and limited hours of primary health care service facilities result in the use of hospital emergency services. 

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