Health status varies by county: Where patients live matters
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/03/01/gvl10301.htm
"A report detailing the first-ever county breakdown in each state finds wide disparities in health standings and notes factors contributing to those rankings. Physicians can't treat unemployment, violent crime or dirty air, but these are a few of the many environmental factors that affect patients' health."
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/03/01/gvl10301.htm
"A report detailing the first-ever county breakdown in each state finds wide disparities in health standings and notes factors contributing to those rankings. Physicians can't treat unemployment, violent crime or dirty air, but these are a few of the many environmental factors that affect patients' health."
