Rural disparities in emergency department utilization for migraine care
CONCLUSION: This study suggests rural populations, particularly in Appalachia, may experience significantly higher ED utilization for migraine compared to nonrural patients. Moreover, rural populations were more likely to receive suboptimal migraine management with opioid analgesia. Multimodal health-care interventions should be developed to improve access to outpatient migraine care and further investigate potential risk factors in the rural population. With high ED utilization, the Appalachian population may benefit most from such an intervention.PMID:38087895 | DOI:10.1111/head.14659
Source: Headache - Category: Neurology Authors: Christian Rhudy Aric Schadler Mark Huffmyer Lindsey Porter Source Type: research
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