Suzanne Bartholomae receives funding for rural healthcare research
February 18, 2019Suzanne Bartholomae, assistant professor in human development and family studies and state extension specialist in family finance, received $3,385 from the University of Wisconsin Madison. The funding will be used to conduct focus groups with nurses in rural healthcare. The project explores the integration of financial capability services in rural healthcare delivery to help support patients’ abilities to cover ongoing medical expenses, thereby improving financial and health outcomes. The project goal is to enhance the capacity of rural communities and extension educators across the region by integrating healthcare professionals’ perspectives into the development of tools, resources, and programs that support the integration of financial capability support services, by identifying effective partnership strategies, and by leveraging new opportunities for cost recovery.
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