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How has cardiovascular disease contributed to the rural–urban life expectancy gap?

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

Leah Abrams In the United States, rural residents do not live as long as their urban counterparts. in rural areas, but by 2005–2009, the difference was greater (78.8 We found that, from 1999 to 2009, the gap between urban and rural counties grew. more in men compared with rural life expectancy.

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Hospital Systems: A Framework for Maximizing Social Benefit

The Health Care Blog

It is important to acknowledge here that hundreds more hospitals, many in rural health shortage areas or in inner cities, would have closed had they not been rescued by larger systems. Inova also supports 30 community organizations through health equity grants totaling $1M to leverage relationships for real impact in the community.