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. 2011:2011:789514.
doi: 10.1155/2011/789514. Epub 2011 Oct 4.

Determining satisfaction with access and financial aspects of care for persons exposed to Libby amphibole asbestos: rural and national environmental policy implications

Charlene A Winters  1 , Wade Hill, Sandra W Kuntz, Clarann Weinert, Kimberly Rowse, Tanis Hernandez, Brad Black
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Determining satisfaction with access and financial aspects of care for persons exposed to Libby amphibole asbestos: rural and national environmental policy implications

Charlene A Winters et al. J Environ Public Health. 2011.

Abstract

Libby, Montana is a Superfund site and epicenter of one of the worst environmental disasters in the USA history in terms of asbestos-related mortality and morbidity. Perceptions of access and financial aspects of care were explored among a national cohort of persons postasbestos exposure and prior to a 2009 Public Health Emergency Declaration. Our findings indicated the Libby cohort was significantly less satisfied with access and financial aspects of care as measured by two PSQ-III scales when compared to an adult, chronically ill patient sample. Participants with higher levels of respiratory morbidity and depression had significantly lower satisfaction scores.

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US Shipments from Libby, MT (1948–1993). Copyright © Environmental Working Group, http://www.ewg.org. Reprinted with permission.
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