Rural-urban disparities in baseline health factors and procedure outcomes

CONCLUSIONS: Our study identified rural-urban differences in baseline factors and procedural outcomes in patients presenting to a tertiary care center for cardiac procedures. Providers should anticipate that health disparities may be associated with more intervention and worse outcomes in their rural patients. Being aware of such differences may also help policy makers in directing health care funding to lower gaps in health care and access ultimately leading to better health outcomes.PMID:35109969 | DOI:10.1016/j.jnma.2022.01.001

Source: Journal of the National Medical Association - February 3, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Vinila S Baljepally William Metheny Source Type: research