Journal of Rural Health

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Spatial Disparities in Coronavirus Incidence and Mortality in the United States: An Ecological Analysis as of May 2020	186
Community Susceptibility and Resiliency to COVID‐19 Across the Rural‐Urban Continuum in the United States	171
Rural and Urban Differences in COVID‐19 Prevention Behaviors	123
Progression of COVID‐19 From Urban to Rural Areas in the United States: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Prevalence Rates	121
COVID‐19 Death Rates Are Higher in Rural Counties With Larger Shares of Blacks and Hispanics	88
A Commentary on Rural‐Urban Disparities in COVID‐19 Testing Rates per 100,000 and Risk Factors	81
Rural‐urban and within‐rural differences in COVID‐19 vaccination rates	65
COVID‐19 During the Opioid Epidemic – Exacerbation of Stigma and Vulnerabilities	57
Evaluating Telehealth Adoption and Related Barriers Among Hospitals Located in Rural and Urban Areas	48
Susceptibility of Southwestern American Indian Tribes to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19)	48
Half of Rural Residents at High Risk of Serious Illness Due to COVID‐19, Creating Stress on Rural Hospitals	47
Preventing Suicide in Rural Communities During the COVID‐19 Pandemic	46
Unequal Distribution of COVID‐19 Risk Among Rural Residents by Race and Ethnicity	45
Telemedicine Services During COVID‐19: Considerations for Medically Underserved Populations	43
Geographic, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in broadband access	42
American Indian and Alaska Native People: Social Vulnerability and COVID‐19	41
Deaths From COVID‐19 in Rural, Micropolitan, and Metropolitan Areas: A County‐Level Comparison	40
Disparities in digital access among American rural and urban households and implications for telemedicine‐based services	39
Rapid Scale‐Up of Telehealth During the COVID‐19 Pandemic and Implications for Subspecialty Care in Rural Areas	39
The Association of Social Determinants of Health With COVID‐19 Mortality in Rural and Urban Counties	39
Tracking the geographic distribution and growth of clinicians with a DEA waiver to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder	38
Suicide in the Time of COVID‐19: A Perfect Storm	34
The role of digital health technology in rural cancer care delivery: A systematic review	31
An examination of telehealth policy impacts on initial rural opioid use disorder treatment patterns during the COVID‐19 pandemic	30
The Importance of Video Visits in the Time of COVID‐19	29

Health Care Disparities Across the Urban‐Rural Divide: A National Study of Individuals with COPD	29
Community Attitudes Toward Opioid Use Disorder and Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in a Rural Appalachian County	28
COVID‐19: How Can Rural Community Pharmacies Respond to the Outbreak?	25
Flattening the Curve by Getting Ahead of It: How the VA Healthcare System Is Leveraging Telehealth to Provide Continued Access to Care for Rural Veterans	25
Using Telehealth as a Tool for Rural Hospitals in the COVID‐19 Pandemic Response	23
Strategies for Disseminating and Implementing COVID‐19 Public Health Prevention Practices in Rural Areas	20
Rural‐urban differences in informal caregiving and health‐related quality of life	20
Overcoming Barriers to Health Care Access in Rural Latino Communities: An Innovative Model in the Eastern Coachella Valley	19
Navigating Nonessential Research Trials During COVID‐19: The Push We Needed for Using Digital Technology to Increase Access for Rural Participants?	18
Rural‐Urban Differences in Positive Childhood Experiences Across a National Sample	18
Nonmetropolitan COVID‐19 Incidence and Mortality Rates Surpassed Metropolitan Rates Within the First 24 Weeks of the Pandemic Declaration: United States, March 1–October 18, 2020	18
A Systematic Review of Factors Impacting Suicide Risk Among Rural Adults in the United States	17
Rural Perceptions of Acute Care at Home: A Qualitative Analysis	17
Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality	17
COVID‐19 and Rural Harm Reduction Challenges in the US Southern Mountains	17
Substance Use Disorder Treatment, Perceived Need for Treatment, and Barriers to Treatment Among Parenting Women With Substance Use Disorder in US Rural Counties	17
Introducing the Percent, Number, Availability, and Capacity [PNAC] Spatial Approach to Identify Priority Rural Areas Requiring Targeted Health Support in Light of COVID‐19: A Commentary and Applicatio	16
COVID‐19 risk mitigation behaviors among rural and urban community‐dwelling older adults in summer, 2020	15
State health disparities research in Rural America: Gaps and future directions in an era of COVID‐19	15
Being African American and Rural: A Double Jeopardy From COVID‐19	15
Barriers to Telemedicine Implementation in Southwest Tribal Communities During COVID‐19	15
Proactive and Comprehensive Community Health Actions to Fight the COVID‐19 Epidemic: Initial Lessons from Vietnam	14
Qualitative analysis of cancer care experiences among rural cancer survivors and caregivers	14
Treating COVID‐19 in Rural America	14
Exploration of the Effects of Rural Obstetric Unit Closures on Birth Outcomes in North Carolina	14
Integrating Telemedicine for Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Primary Care: Beyond the COVID Pandemic	14
Telehealth Availability in US Hospitals in the Face of the COVID‐19 Pandemic	13
Higher hospitalization and mortality rates among SARS‐CoV‐2‐infected persons in rural America	13
Rural Availability of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs)	13
A Primary Care Response to COVID‐19 for Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder	13
Urban‐Rural Disparities in Opioid Use Disorder Prevention and Response Activities: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis	13
Telehealth Policies Impacting Federally Qualified Health Centers in Face of COVID‐19	12
Ethical and Legal Challenges During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Are We Thinking About Rural Hospitals?	12
Increasing access to care for trauma‐exposed rural veterans: A mixed methods outcome evaluation of a web‐based skills training program with telehealth‐delivered coaching	12
Low‐dose CT lung cancer screening uptake: A rural–urban comparison	12
Rural residency as a risk factor for severe maternal morbidity	12
Rural and urban differences in perceptions, behaviors, and health care disruptions during the COVID‐19 pandemic	12
Will Community Health Centers Survive COVID‐19?	12
Statewide Stay‐at‐Home Directives on the Spread of COVID‐19 in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties in the United States	11
Rural Stroke Patients Have Higher Mortality: An Improvement Opportunity for Rural Emergency Medical Services Systems	11
Rural‐Urban Differences in Dental Service Utilization and Dental Service Procedures Received Among US Adults: Results From the 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey	11
Post‐ACA Trends in the US Primary Care Physician Shortage with Index of Relative Rurality	11
Quality of Life and Impact of Cancer: Differences in Rural and Nonrural Non‐Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivors	11
Rural depopulation and the rural‐urban gap in cognitive functioning among older adults	11
Access and attitudinal barriers to engagement in integrated primary care mental health treatment for rural populations	10
Family Physician Burnout Does Not Differ With Rurality	10
Rural hospitals are not associated with worse postoperative outcomes for colon cancer surgery	10
The Effect of Rural Residence on Cancer‐Related Self‐Efficacy With UK Cancer Survivors Following Treatment	10
Rapid Deployment of a Statewide COVID‐19 ECHO Program for Frontline Clinicians: Early Results and Lessons Learned	10
Trends in Hospital Mortality for Uninsured Rural and Urban Populations, 2012‐2016	10

The COVID‐19 Pandemic Illuminates Persistent and Emerging Disparities among Rural Black Populations	10
Antibiotic prescribing to Kentucky Medicaid children, 2012‐2017: Prescribing is higher in rural areas	10
Rural‐urban differences in monkeypox behaviors and attitudes among men who have sex with men in the United States	10
The Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE‐T) Center: A Comprehensive, Nurse‐led Telehealth Model to Address Disparities in Sexual Assault Care	10
Rural‐Urban Disparities in Pancreatic Cancer Stage of Diagnosis: Understanding the Interaction With Medically Underserved Areas	9
The Geographic Impact of Buprenorphine Expansion to Nurse Practitioner Prescribers in Oregon	9
Does a Rural Community‐Based Intervention Improve Knowledge and Attitudes of Opioid Use Disorder and Medication‐Assisted Treatment? A Report From the IT MATTTRs Study	9
Rural and urban disparities in quality of home health care: A longitudinal cohort study (2014‐2018)	9
Rural mistrust of public health interventions in the United States: A call for taking the long view to improve adoption	9
Rural/urban differences in the prevalence of stroke risk factors: A cross‐sectional analysis from the REGARDS study	9
Tele‐ICUs for COVID‐19: A Look at National Prevalence and Characteristics of Hospitals Providing Teleintensive Care	9
Rural‐urban differences in HPV testing for cervical cancer screening	9
Decline in Inpatient Volume at Rural Hospitals	9
“He Would Take My Shoes and All the Baby's Warm Winter Gear so We Couldn't Leave”: Barriers to Safety and Recovery Experienced by a Sample of Vermont Women With Partner Violence and Opioid Use Disorde	9
Comparing Pathways to Diagnosis and Treatment for Rural and Urban Patients With Colorectal or Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Study	8
Interstates of Infection: Preliminary Investigations of Human Mobility Patterns in the COVID‐19 Pandemic	8
Pipelines to Pathways: Medical School Commitment to Producing a Rural Workforce	8
Lung Cancer Surgical Regionalization Disproportionately Worsens Travel Distance for Rural Patients	8
Decomposing Urban and Rural Disparities of Preventable ED Visits Among Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Evidence of the Availability of Health Care Resources	8
Telehealth in Response to the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Rural Veteran and Military Beneficiaries	8
Differences in Loneliness Across the Rural‐Urban Continuum Among Adults Living in Washington State	8
Association between the geographic accessibility of PrEP and PrEP use among MSM in nonurban areas	8
Veteran Perspectives on Care Coordination Between Veterans Affairs and Community Providers: A Qualitative Analysis	8
PCP Opinions of Universal Suicide Risk Screening in Rural Primary Care: Current Challenges and Strategies for Successful Implementation	8
Veterans Affairs and Rural Community Providers’ Perspectives on Interorganizational Care Coordination: A Qualitative Analysis	8
Perspectives of cancer prevention and control resources from stakeholders in rural southern Illinois	8
An assessment of the rural‐urban differences in the crash response time and county‐level crash fatalities in the United States	8
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Cancer Screening Interventions Targeting Appalachian Populations: A Systematic Review	8
Evaluating policies to improve access to mental health services in rural areas	7
Care coordination between rural primary care and telemedicine to expand medication treatment for opioid use disorder: Results from a single‐arm, multisite feasibility study	7
Caring for Miners During the Coronavirus Disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) Pandemic	7
Interventions to address cancer‐related financial toxicity: Recommendations from the field	7
A pandemic of Body, Mind, and Spirit: The Burden of “Social Distancing” in Rural Communities During an Era of Heightened Suicide Risk	7
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Psychiatrist and Psychologist Experiences with Telehealth and Remote Collaborative Care in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study	7
A Multilevel Approach to Understand the Context and Potential Solutions for Low Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening Rates in Rural Appalachia Clinics	7
Comparing the Health Workforce Provider Mix and the Distance Travelled for Mental Health Services by Rural and Urban Medicare Beneficiaries	7
Local Capacity for Emergency Births in Rural Hospitals Without Obstetrics Services	7
Evaluating disparities in access to obstetric services for American Indian women across Montana	7
A thematic analysis of the personal factors influencing mental health help‐seeking in farmers	7
Anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, and professional quality of life among the hospital workforce during a global health pandemic	7
Trend in rural‐urban disparities in access to outpatient mental health services among US adults aged 18‐64 with employer‐sponsored insurance: 2005‐2018	6
Rural and racial disparities in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in South Carolina, 1996 – 2016	6
Telephone veteran peer coaching for mental health treatment engagement among rural veterans: The importance of secondary outcomes and qualitative data in a randomized controlled trial	6
Geofencing: Mobile Technology as a Health Promotion Tool to Raise Awareness of a Dental Clinic in Rural North Carolina	6
Impact of rural hospital closures on hospitalizations and associated outcomes for ambulatory and emergency care sensitive conditions	6
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on rural and urban cancer patients' experiences, health behaviors, and perceptions	6
Availability of Health Insurance Literacy Resources Fails to Meet Consumer Needs in Rural, Appalachian Communities: Implications for State Medicaid Waivers	6
The Unseen Picture: Issues with Health Care, Discrimination, Police and Safety, and Housing Experienced by Native American Populations in Rural America	6
Deploying an Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool for Diagnosis and Treatment of Pneumonia Into Rural and Critical Access Hospitals: Utilization, Effect on Processes of Care, and Clinician Satisf	6
Health‐related quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors: Evaluating the rural disadvantage	6
Nurse practitioner scope of practice and the prevention of foot complications in rural diabetes patients	6
Rural/urban differences in access to paid sick leave among full‐time workers	5
An Emergency Amendment to the National Scope of Practice for Paramedics in the Setting of a Global Pandemic	5
Geographic variability in rural patient internet connectivity when accessing telehealth services from home: A retrospective analysis during the COVID‐19 pandemic	5
Disparities in early prenatal care and barriers to access among American Indian and white women in North Dakota	5
Stress and Physical Activity in Rural Cancer Survivors: The Moderating Role of Social Support	5
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Telemedicine: Has the Time Really Finally Arrived?	5
Improving colorectal cancer screening in rural primary care: Preliminary effectiveness and implementation of a collaborative mailed fecal immunochemical test pilot	5
Disparities in telehealth access, not willingness to use services, likely explain rural telehealth disparities	5
Validating the eHealth Literacy Scale in Rural Adolescents	5
Pipeline Programs Can Support Reforms in Medical Education: A Cohort Study of Alabama's Rural Health Leaders Pipeline to Engage Community Leaders	5
The Declining Scope of Practice of Family Physicians Is Limited to Urban Areas	5
Rural/Urban Differences in the Predictors of Opioid Prescribing Rates Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries 65 Years of Age and Older	5
Broadband access within Medically Underserved Areas and its implication for telehealth utilization	5
Food Acquisition Practices, Body Mass Index, and Dietary Outcomes by Level of Rurality	5
Availability of hospital‐based cancer services before and after rural hospital closure, 2008‐2017	5
“I've been to more of my friends’ funerals than I've been to my friends’ weddings”: Witnessing and responding to overdose in rural Northern New England	5
Trends in access to care among rural patients served at HRSA‐funded health centers	5
The role of race in rural‐urban suicide disparities	5
Health information source use and trust among a vulnerable rural disparities population	5
Ethics and Economic Growth in the Age of COVID‐19: What Is a Just Society to Do?	5
Geographic differences in contraception provision and utilization among federally funded family planning clinics in South Carolina and Alabama	5
Substance use disorders in the farming population: Scoping review	5
Disparities in Prenatal Immunization Rates in Rural and Urban US Areas by Indicators of Access to Care	4
The effect of broadband access on electronic patient engagement activities: Assessment of urban‐rural differences	4
Changes in access to community health services among rural areas affected and unaffected by hospital closures between 2006 and 2018: A comparative interrupted time series study	4
Rural‐urban differences in uptake of diabetes self‐management education among Medicare beneficiaries: Results from the 2016 to 2018 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey	4

Differences by Rurality in Satisfaction with Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries	4
Home Radon Testing in Rural Appalachia	4
Trends in rural‐urban disparities among surgical specialties treating cancer, 2004‐2017	4
Rural Caregivers: Identification of Informational Needs Through Telemedicine Questions	4
Lung Cancer Staging at Diagnosis in the Veterans Health Administration: Is Rurality an Influencing Factor? A Cross‐Sectional Study	4
The association of crash response times and deaths at the crash scene: A cross‐sectional analysis using the 2019 National Emergency Medical Service Information System	4
Movers and Stayers: What Birthplaces Can Teach Us About Rural Practice Choice Among Midwestern General Surgeons	4
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Moderate and Acute Suicidal Ideation among a National Sample of Tribal College and University Students 2015‐2016	4
Rural Health Care Delivery Organizations and COVID‐19: Major Challenges and Implications for Health Care Management Education and Training	4
Association between emergency department pediatric readiness and transfer of noninjured children in small rural hospitals	4
Exploring rural doctors’ early experiences of coping with the emerging COVID‐19 pandemic	4
Coordinating women's preventive health care for rural veterans	4
HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis awareness, practices, and comfort among urban and rural family medicine physicians	4
Factors associated with perceived ease of access to syringes in Appalachian North Carolina	4
Farmer Suicide in Wisconsin: A Qualitative Analysis	4
Lessons Learned: Pediatric Telemental Health in a Rural Medical Center in the Age of SARS‐CoV‐2	4
Rural disparities in end‐of‐life care for patients with heart failure: Are they due to geography or socioeconomic disparity?	4
Factors Affecting Adoption of Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (CALM) in Veterans’ Affairs Community‐Based Outpatient Clinics	4
The rural identity scale: Development and validation	4
Rural Primary Care Providers’ Experience and Usage of Clinical Recommendations in the CDC Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Guideline: A Qualitative Study	4
The interaction of rurality and rare cancers for travel time to cancer care	4
Potential directions for farm stress research: A systematic review of educational interventions to reduce psychosocial stress among farm and rural populations	4
Rurality impacts pain care for female veterans similarly to male veterans	4
Psychological factors among Appalachian women with abnormal Pap results	3
Rural differences in psychiatric medication prescribing in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder	3
Rural health disparities in health care utilization for dementia in Minnesota	3
Labor & delivery unit closures most impact travel times to birth locations for micropolitan residents in Iowa	3
The association between hospital care transition planning and timely primary care follow‐up	3
Functional status in rural and urban adults: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging	3
Selecting Health Need Indicators for Spatial Equity Analysis in the New Zealand Primary Care Context	3
Farm Dinner Theater: Testing an innovative health and safety intervention among older farmers and their families	3
COVID‐19 vaccination willingness and uptake among rural Black/African American, Latino, and White adults	3
Rural adults’ perceived role of family members in prescription opioid misuse prevention: Implications for family‐based approaches	3
Historical loss: Implications for physical activity levels in American Indian adults	3
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Pairing Project ECHO and patient navigation as an innovative approach to improving the health and wellness of cancer survivors in rural settings	3
Factors Predicting Participation in the Prospective Genomic Sequencing Study, Total Cancer Care (TCC), in Kentucky	3
Explaining behavioral health differences in urban and rural sexual minority adolescents	3
Development of An All‐Payer Quality Program for the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model	3
Cross‐sectional survey study of primary care clinics on evidence‐based colorectal cancer screening intervention use	3
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Examining the association between rurality and positive childhood experiences among a national sample	3
Obstetrical Care in Rural Minnesota: Family Physician Perspectives on Factors Affecting the Ability to Provide Prenatal, Labor, and Delivery Care	3
Substance use disorder treatment and technology access among people who use drugs in rural areas of the United States: A cross‐sectional survey	3
Variation in Abuse‐Deterrent Formulation Opioid Prescribing in California, Florida, and Kentucky in 2018	3
Broadband internet subscription rates and opioid prescribing via telemedicine during the COVID‐19 pandemic	3
Association of psychological distress with reasons for delay in seeking medical care in rural patients with worsening heart failure symptoms	3
Rural‐urban trends in health care utilization, treatment, and mortality among US veterans with congestive heart failure: A retrospective cohort study	3
Changes in transmucosal buprenorphine utilization for opioid use disorder treatment during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Kentucky	3
Influence of contextual factors on death by suicide in rural and urban settings	3
Expressed Demand for Health Care Services in Regional South Australia: A Cross‐sectional Study	2
The implications of long COVID for rural communities	2
Contraceptive care service provision via telehealth early in the COVID‐19 pandemic at rural and urban federally qualified health centers in 2 southeastern states	2
Intergenerational transfer of occupational risks on family farms	2
Telehealth Use in a Rural State: A Mixed‐Methods Study Using Maine's All‐Payer Claims Database	2
Rural and urban differences in the implementation of Virtual Integrated Patient‐Aligned Care Teams	2
Rural disparities in the quality of clinical care are notable and larger for males	2
Associations Among Health Literacy, End‐of‐Life Care Expenditures, and Rurality	2
Rural Employment of Health Care Workers: A Longitudinal Cohort Study	2
Factors associated with lack of care engagement among older, rural‐dwelling adults living with HIV in the United States	2
Incidental sun exposures as a source of sunburn among rural compared to urban residents in the United States	2
Using Demographics to Predict Palliative Care Access in Inpatient Facilities in Rural North Carolina	2
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Rural disparities in adolescent smoking prevalence	2
Impact of mandatory COVID‐19 shelter‐in‐place order on controlled substance use among rural versus urban communities in the United States	2
Mental health at the COVID‐19 frontline: An assessment of distress, fear, and coping among staff and attendees at screening clinics of rural/regional settings of Victoria, Australia	2
Transactional sex among rural, justice‐involved Appalachian women who use drugs	2
Postmortem screening of opioids, benzodiazepines, and alcohol among rural and urban suicide decedents	2
Geographic differences in community oncology provider and practice location characteristics in the central United States	2
Improving cancer care locally: Study of a hospital affiliate network model	2
Outpatient telecardiology perceptions among rural, suburban, and urban veterans utilizing in‐person cardiology versus telecardiology services: A mixed methods analysis	2
Associations of tobacco use and consumption with rurality among patients with psychiatric disorders: Does smoke‐free policy matter?	2
The Impact of Geographic Location on Saskatchewan Prostate Cancer Patient Treatment Choices: A Multilevel and Spatial Analysis	2
Urban‐rural disparities in childhood obesogenic environments in the United States: Application of differing rural definitions	2
Implementation and evaluation of a multilevel intervention to increase uptake of the human papillomavirus vaccine among rural adolescents	2
Travel burden in a rural primary care behavioral weight loss randomized trial: Impact on visit attendance and weight loss	2
Is being there enough? Postgraduate nurse practitioner residencies in rural primary care	2
Rural‐urban differences in family and paid caregiving utilization in the United States: Findings from the Cornell National Social Survey	2
A comparison of critical access hospitals and other rural acute care hospitals in Pennsylvania	2
For Rural Hospitals That Merged, Inpatient Charges Decreased and Outpatient Charges Increased: A Pre‐/Post‐Comparison of Rural Hospitals That Merged and Rural Hospitals That Did Not Merge Between 2005	2
Differences in chronic pain care receipt among veterans from differing racialized groups and the impact of rural versus urban residence	2
A qualitative analysis of rural syringe service program fidelity in Appalachian Kentucky: Staff and participant perspectives	2
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Telehealth among substance using justice‐involved persons on community supervision: Benefits, challenges, and suggestions for future use	2
Attitudes toward pharmacy‐based HCV/HIV testing among people who use drugs in rural Kentucky	2
Addressing Provider Shortages in Rural America: The Role of State Opt‐Out Policy Adoptions in Promoting Hospital Anesthesia Provision	2
Going the distance: Associations between adverse birth outcomes and obstetric provider distances for adolescent pregnancies in South Carolina	2
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Sleep disorders among rural Veterans: Relative prevalence, comorbidities, and comparisons with urban Veterans	2
Broadband access and telemedicine adoption for opioid use disorder treatment in the United States	2
Cancer disparities in Appalachian Kentucky	2
Concussion‐Related Health Care Utilization Among Medicaid Insured Children in Ohio: Rural and Urban Differences	2
Rural communities face more than an opioid crisis: Reimagining funding assistance to address polysubstance use, associated health problems, and limited rural service capacity	2
Rural‐urban, age, and gender disparities and trends in suicide and homicide: Multistate evidence across 12 years	2