The Rurality Index is an important reference for the formulation of rural development strategies and policies, but the evaluation of the rurality of megacities based on the township scale is relatively limited.
Xiaofeng Xu, Youming Dong, Xianjin Huang
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Rurality is an important indicator to reflect the development of villages and reveal internal differences in rural areas. The unbalanced development of transportation infrastructure in the current period of rapid urbanization has become one of the ...
Shuaibing Zhang +3 more
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Patient experiences in primary care do not differ according to rurality: a cross-sectional study
Background Living in rural areas is a major contributor of health inequity. Tackling health inequity is important for primary care physicians. Therefore, it is important to compare the quality of primary care between rural and urban areas. To the best of
Makoto Kaneko +2 more
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Black/White Disparities in Obesity Widen with Increasing Rurality: Evidence from a National Survey
Background: Racial health disparities in obesity and obesity-related conditions and behaviors are well documented, although a small body of research suggests that geographic factors (e.g., socioeconomic status [SES] and rural/urban status) may alter the ...
S. Cohen +4 more
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Community assets and relative rurality index: A multi-dimensional measure of rurality
Tuan Nguyen, Kate Nelson
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Assessing the Relationship Between Multidimensional Area-Level Indicators and Lupus Disease Activity in Children [PDF]
Background/Objectives: Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) is a chronic, multisystem autoimmune disease that is associated with more severe organ involvement, more intensive drug therapy, and increased long-term organ damage compared with
Chelsea Reynolds +5 more
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Association between rurality and mortality from major diseases in Japan: an ecological study [PDF]
Objectives This study aimed to examine rural–urban disparities in healthcare outcomes in Japan using the Rurality Index for Japan (RIJ). It evaluated the association between rurality and mortality from five major diseases prioritised by the Japanese ...
Makoto Kaneko, Takaaki Ikeda
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Urban-rural differences in hospital beds and employee income: a study using the rurality index for healthcare research in Japan. [PDF]
Murasawa H, Ogata T, Ito H.
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The revitalisation of the Hebden Bridge district: greentrified Pennine rurality [PDF]
This thesis provides an integrated theoretical account of gentrification in a context which evokes significant socio-cultural meanings of rurality. With this purpose in mind, three key conceptual standpoints are established to frame the research.
Smith, Darren Paul
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A PRELIMINARY QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF RURALITY IN ROMANIA AND THE IMPACT OF COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY SUBSIDIES [PDF]
In the literature, many studies have sought to assess through a quantitative approach the principle relationships between quantitative variables correlated to rurality.
Nicola GALLUZZO
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