Chronic health conditions and health care affordability issues among U.S. rural and urban adults
Adults living in rural areas of the U.S. may have higher rates of chronic conditions and be more likely to experience health care affordability issues than their urban counterparts. Differing patterns by multimorbidity and rurality indicate that policy interventions addressing medical debt should be targeted to chronic condition types and tailored by rurality.
Authors
- Hannah MacDougall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-3913)
- Carrie Henning‐Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0273-0387)
- Alexis Swendener (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5964-3970)
- Ingrid Jacobson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0199-9082)
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Minnesota Department of Education (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity
- Published
- 2025-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/26335565251399365
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35