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Direct linkOkrah, Kingston; Vaughan-Sarrazin, Mary; Kaboli, Peter; Cram, Peter – Journal of Rural Health, 2012
Purpose: To compare echocardiography use among urban and rural veterans and whether differences could be accounted for by distance. Methods: We used Veterans Administration (VA) administrative data from 1999 to 2007 to identify regular users of the VA Healthcare System (VA users) who did and did not receive echocardiography. Each veteran was…
Descriptors: Patients, Urban Areas, Rural Areas, Veterans
Esch, Laura; Hendryx, Michael – Journal of Rural Health, 2011
Purpose: To determine if chronic cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates are higher among residents of mountaintop mining (MTM) areas compared to mining and nonmining areas, and to examine the association between greater levels of MTM surface mining and CVD mortality. Methods: Age-adjusted chronic CVD mortality rates from 1999 to 2006 for…
Descriptors: Fuels, Obesity, Poverty, Physicians
Fan, Lin; Shah, Manish N.; Veazie, Peter J.; Friedman, Bruce – Journal of Rural Health, 2011
Context: Emergency Department (ED) use among the rural elderly may present a different pattern from the urban elderly, thus requiring different policy initiatives. However, ED use among the rural elderly has seldom been studied and is little understood. Purpose: To characterize factors associated with having any versus no ED use among the rural…
Descriptors: Health Services, Heart Disorders, Economically Disadvantaged, Physical Health
Langlois, Peter H.; Jandle, Leigh; Scheuerle, Angela; Horel, Scott A.; Carozza, Susan E. – Journal of Rural Health, 2010
Purpose: (1) Determine if there is an association between 3 conotruncal heart birth defects and urban/rural residence of mother. (2) Compare results using different methods of measuring urban/rural status. Methods: Data were taken from the Texas Birth Defects Registry, 1999-2003. Poisson regression was used to compare crude and adjusted birth…
Descriptors: Incidence, Demography, Rural Areas, Rural Urban Differences
Dao, Tam K.; Chu, Danny; Springer, Justin; Hiatt, Emily; Nguyen, Quang – Journal of Rural Health, 2010
Purpose: To examine the relationships between depression, geographic status, and clinical outcomes following a coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. Methods: Using the 2004 Nationwide Inpatient Sample database, we identified 63,061 discharge records of patients who underwent a primary CABG surgery (urban 57,247 and rural 5,814). We…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Outcomes of Treatment, Mortality Rate, Surgery
Baldwin, Laura-Mae; MacLehose, Richard F.; Hart, L. Gary; Beaver, Shelli K.; Every,Nathan; Chan,Leighton – Journal of Rural Health, 2004
Context: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a common and important cause of admission to US rural hospitals, as transport of patients with AMI to urban settings can result in unacceptable delays in care. Purpose: To examine the quality of care for patients with AMI in rural hospitals with differing degrees of remoteness from urban centers.…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Patients, Hospitals, Medical Services
