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CHNA 2013 Primary Research - Hannibal NE MO 6 Counties N= 794 ID County ZIP c1 c2 SPEC c3 Are there healthcare services in your community / neighborhood that you feel need to be improved and / or changed? (Please be specific) DENT Yes, more tests, mri, cat scans, x-rays available from free health clinics. Toxoplasmosis specialist needed. Multiple Sclerosis Specialist needed. Better Cardiac doctors. Better doctors in general than the flunkys here in Hannibal. Better Neurologists. Better dental care. Better opthamologists. 1052 Marion 63401 RAD 1816 Marion 63401 RHE Rheumatology 1406 Marion 63401 RHE Rheumatology, also my son has a degenerative disk and has to wait until those specialists make a visit to Hannibal. 1320 Marion 63401 RHE Yes---Rheumatology/Auto immune diseases. I would also like to understand why more people cannot get local service because their insurance not accepted here. I have friends who want to come here but can't. Yet service is provided to people who have no insurance at all. Things need to change.!! 1326 Ralls 63401 SMOK Need for smoking cessation program. 1804 shelby 63469 SNUR school nurses need better training 1290 marion 63401 SOEC 1456 Marion 63401 SPEC Specialty care Diagnostics/physicians dont want to refer patients to specialists. 1193 Marion 63401 SPEC It can be a long wait to get into specialties like endocrine and dermatology because of the limited number of providers. 1597 Marion 63461 SPEC 1321 Marion 63401 SPEC 1477 Marion 63401 SPEC 1188 marion 63410 SPEC INSU More pain specialists. More Specialist- Neurology, Urology, Intervension Cardiologist, Opthamolgist Surgical back specialist. Urology NEurology Pulmonology Nephrology Pain management Yes, they need to be improved. As you can tell from my previous comments, Dr. Hosley is the only Neurologist practicing in Hannibal. This needs to change because my concern is he is going to misdiagnoss a patient who really needs care because he doesn't believe the patient. Geriatric specialists are needed. Expanded specialists services in Pike County would be good. I also feel the new location of the Pike County Health department has made it less accessible to the local population. 1249 Marion 63401 SPEC 1113 Pike 63334 SPEC 1517 Pike 63336 SPEC More specialists for the community to not have to drive so far. 1478 Pike 63353 SPEC More specialized treatment 1653 Pike 63334 SPEC Offer more specialties for women and children. 1847 Pike 63353 SPEC specialists availibility 1560 Pike 63353 SPEC 1090 Pike 63334 SPEC Surgical consults. We need specialest in all areas of practice that visit at least once or more a week 1412 Pike, MO 63353 SPEC more specialists at our hospital so no trips to the city. 63459 SPEC Endocrinologist,PCP, OB services. Emphasis on preventive care o