Worsening Rural-Urban Gap in Hospital Mortality

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Results of a study of nonmaternal, nonneonatal hospitalizations in 2008 and 2013, showing the association between rural or urban residence and hospital mortality. Features statistics on hospital mortality by condition in 2013 and hospital deaths among rural patients by year and payer status.

Nicole Villapiano, Theodore J. Iwashyna, Matthew M. Davis

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 30(6), 816-823

11/2017

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Health disparities · Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data