Open AccessIntersection of Living in a Rural Versus Urban Area and Race/Ethnicity in Explaining Access to Health Care in the United States
Author(s) -
Julia T. Caldwell,
Chandra L. Ford,
Steven P. Wallace,
May D. Wang,
Lois M. Takahashi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2016.303212
Subject(s) - medical expenditure panel survey , ethnic group , medicine , health equity , health care , odds ratio , poverty , rural area , odds , demography , environmental health , confidence interval , respondent , gerontology , american community survey , census , public health , logistic regression , population , nursing , economic growth , health insurance , pathology , sociology , anthropology , law , political science , economics
To examine whether living in a rural versus urban area differentially exposes populations to social conditions associated with disparities in access to health care.