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A closer look at the rural-urban health disparities: Insights from four major diseases in the Commonwealth of Virginia
This study help bridges this gap through investigation of four major diseases in the Commonwealth of Virginia: cancer, stroke, cardiovascular disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We utilize a unique inpatient hospital discharge billing dataset, and construct average patient counts at ZIP-code level over 2006–2008 where covariates from alternative sources are merged (806 ZIP-code areas, 190 urban, 616 rural). Count data regressions are first fitted to identify possible regional-level factors that affect disease incidences. A system of equations with rural-urban specification are then estimated via seemingly ...
Source: Social Science and Medicine - July 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
