The effects of rurality on mental and physical health

Steven Stern; Elizabeth Merwin; Emily Hauenstein; Ivora Hinton; Virginia Rovnyak; Melvin Wilson; Ishan Williams; Irma Mahone

doi:10.1007/s10742-010-0062-2

The effects of rurality on mental and physical health

Steven Stern
, Elizabeth Merwin
, Emily Hauenstein
, Ivora Hinton
, Virginia Rovnyak
, Melvin Wilson
, Ishan Williams
, Irma Mahone

Economics

University of Virginia

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Abstract

The effects of rurality on physical and mental health are examined in analyses of a national dataset, the Community Tracking Survey, 2000-2001, that includes individual level observations from household interviews. We merge it with county level data reflecting community resources and use econometric methods to analyze this multi-level data. The statistical analysis of the impact of the choice of definition on outcomes and on the estimates and significance of explanatory variables in the model is presented using modern econometric methods, and differences in results for mental health and physical health are evaluated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	33-66
Number of pages	34
Journal	Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology
Volume	10
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10742-010-0062-2
State	Published - Jun 2010

Keywords

Health outcomes
Mental health
Physical health
Providers
Rural
Wald tests

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