Definitions of Rural: A Handbook for Health Policy Makers and Researchers
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This item is of historical interest to rural health and not available elsewhere online.
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Description
Describes the two major methods of defining rurality, the
Office of Management and Budget
metropolitan-nonmetropolitan classification of counties and
the U.S. Census Bureau classification of areas and
population, as well as major variations on those methods.
Author(s)
Thomas C. Ricketts, Karen D. Johnson-Webb, Patricia Taylor
Date
06/1998
Organization
North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Policy
ยท Rural definitions