Title: |
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Health Care in Urban and Rural Areas, Combined Years 1998-2000 |
Publication date (print version): |
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July 2004 |
Revised date: |
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September 15, 2004 Update note |
Description: |
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This chartbook examines the differences in health care access, use, and expenses between urban and rural areas. Counties are classified along the urban-rural continuum according to whether they are metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and, if not, their proximity to an MSA. An MSA is a large population nucleus with a high degree of economic and social interaction. The categories along the continuum are metro (counties in an MSA), near-metro, near-rural, and rural. The last category includes only the most rural areas in the Nation, home to about 3.2 million Americans. For more information on the classification, see the Definitions of Terms section at the end of this chartbook. |
Author(s): |
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Sharon L. Larson, Ph.D., Steven R. Machlin, M.S., Alice Nixon, M.A., Marc Zodet, M.S. |
Agency: |
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Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
540 Gaither Road Rockville, MD 20850