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Title: 71016 Defining "rurality": Rural-urban disparities among COPD patients in national VA data

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2021

DOI: 10.1017/cts.2021.747

Abstract: IMPACT: Our research focuses on determining rural-urban disparities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management to improve COPD health outcomes in rural areas. OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Several methods exist to distinguish rural from urban areas, but it is not clear which method relates most directly to rural-urban health care disparities. To address this, we compared different measures of rurality to measures of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) processes of care among a national sample of veterans. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Retrospective analysis of patients with COPD (2016-2019 by ICD-10 codes) using national Veterans Affairs (VA) data. We assessed rurality by: 1) patient's residential address, 2) assigned primary care clinic address, and 3) drive time from the patient's residence to closest primary care clinic. Rurality designations of the residential address

Url: https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2021.747Downloadedfromhttps://www.cambridge.org/core.

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Authors: Baldomero, Arianne; Kunisaki, Ken M.; Hammett, Patrick J.; Nelson, David; Henning-Smith, Carrie; Bangerter, Ann; Wendt, Chris H.; Dudley, R. Adams

Periodical (Full): Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

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Pages: 1-2

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