RT Book, Section
A1 Wibberly, Katharine Hsu
A1 Rheuban, Karen Schulder
A2 Rheuban, Karen Schulder
A2 Krupinski, Elizabeth A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1153059929
T1 Rural Health
T2 Understanding Telehealth
YR 1
FD 1
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259837401
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1153059929
RD 2024/04/19
AB Rural  Americans  experience  significant  health  disparities,  including  higher  incidence  of  disease  and  disability,  increased  mortality  rates,  and  lower  life  expectancies  as  compared  to  the  general  population.  Heart  disease  is  the  leading  cause  of  death  in  the  United  States  for  both  men  and  women.1  However,  when  comparing  rural–urban  disparities  in  heart  disease,  Knudson,  Meit,  and  Popat  found:For  adults  20  years  and  older,  patterns  of  ischemic  heart  disease  (IHD)  death  rates  for  men  and  women  were  highest  in  the  nation's  most  rural  counties.For  both  men  and  women,  residents  of  the  most  rural  counties  had  the  highest  age-adjusted  prevalence  of  obesity.Nationwide,  physical  inactivity  during  leisure  time  was  most  common  for  men  and  women  in  rural  counties  when  compared  to  urban  counties.2