Conceptualizing rurality: The impact of definitions on the rural mortality penalty

BackgroundIn the U.S., inequality is widespread and still growing at nearly every level conceivable. This is vividly illustrated in the long-standing, well-documented inequalities in outcomes between rural and urban places in the U.S.; namely, the rural mortality penalty of disproportionately higher...

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Main Authors: Wesley L. James, Claire Brindley, Christopher Purser, Michael Topping
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1029196/full