Spatiotemporal Discordance in Five Common Measures of Rurality for US Counties and Applications for Health Disparities Research in Older Adults

Frontiers in Public Health

Steven A. Cohen¹ 

关键词: rural health;    obesity;    methods development;    elderly population;    comparison of methods;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2015.00267

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionRural 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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY