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