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Spatiotemporal Discordance In Five Common Measures Of Rurality For Us Counties And Applications For Health Disparities Research In Older Adults, Steven A. Cohen, Lauren Kelley, Alison E. Bell
Spatiotemporal Discordance In Five Common Measures Of Rurality For Us Counties And Applications For Health Disparities Research In Older Adults, Steven A. Cohen, Lauren Kelley, Alison E. Bell
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Introduction
Rural populations face numerous barriers to health, including poorer health care infrastructure, access to care, and other sociodemographic factors largely associated with rurality. Multiple measures of rurality used in the biomedical and public health literature can help assess rural–urban health disparities and may impact the observed associations between rurality and health. Furthermore, understanding what makes a place truly “rural” versus “urban” may vary from region to region in the US.
Purpose
The objectives of this study are to compare and contrast five common measures of rurality and determine how well-correlated these measures are at the national, regional, and divisional …