1. Broadband Access as a Public Health Issue: The Role of Law in Expanding Broadband Access and Connecting Underserved Communities for Better Health Outcomes
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Dawn Pepin, Brittney Crock Bauerly, Rachel Hulkower, and Russell F. McCord
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.product_category ,genetic structures ,Social Determinants of Health ,Medically Underserved Area ,Telehealth ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,Underserved Population ,0302 clinical medicine ,Outcome Assessment, Health Care ,Health care ,Epidemiology ,Broadband ,medicine ,Internet access ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Social determinants of health ,health care economics and organizations ,Legal Epidemiology ,030505 public health ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,Public health ,General Medicine ,Telemedicine ,United States ,Issues, ethics and legal aspects ,Law ,Public Health ,Business ,0305 other medical science ,Internet Access - Abstract
Broadband internet access is a super-determinant of health that plays an important role in healthcare and public health outcomes. Laws and policies shape implementation and use of broadband for healthcare and public health. Connecting broadband and telehealth laws with their health impacts, through legal epidemiological research, enables states to make evidence-based decisions to improve health outcomes for underserved populations.
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- 2019
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