Rural-Urban Disparities in Health-Related Quality of Life Within Disease Categories of Veterans
作者： William B. Weeks , Amy E. Wallace , Stanley Wang , Austin Lee , Lewis E. Kazis
DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-0361.2006.00033.X
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摘要: ABSTRACT: Context: Compared to their urban counterparts, rural veterans have been found lower health-related quality of life. Purpose: To determine whether these disparities persist when examining disease categories and veterans. Methods: We obtained survey data on 748,216 who were current or anticipated Veterans Health Administration patients. Using International Classification Diseases (ICD)-9CM codes, we determined had diagnoses that fell into any 30 physical health categories, used ZIP codes lived in settings. compared prevalence as well quality-of-life component summary scores (PCS) mental (MCS) for each category. Findings: Physical significantly more prevalent the veteran population most examined. For every category examined, PCS rural, urban, settings (P < .001 all); also experienced MCS all although differences modest. Differences persisted after controlling sociodemographic factors. Conclusions: population, within experiences higher scores. Policymakers should anticipate greater care demands from work meet demand.
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