Defining "Rural" Areas: Impact on Health Care Policy and Research

NTIS order #PB89-224646

Report cover
Full Report ~1356K
Front Matter ~33K
Table of Contents ~12K

Chapters
1: SUMMARY ~5K
2: INTRODUCTION ~4K
3: DELINEATING "RURAL" AND "URBAN" AREAS ~171K
4: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN URBAN/RURAL AND METROPOLITAN/NONMETROPOLITAN DESIGNATIONS ~349K
5: UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY WITHIN RURAL AREAS: URBAN/RURAL TOPOLOGIES ~217K
6: THE AVAILABILITY OF VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS FOR NONMETROPOLITAN AREAS ~201K
7: USING OMB AND CENSUS DESIGNATIONS TO IMPLEMENT HEALTH PROGRAMS ~104K
8: CONCLUSIONS ~8K

Appendixes
A: SUMMARY OF THE STANDARDS FOLLOWED IN ESTABLISHING METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS ~19K
B: THE CENSUS BUREAU'S URBANIZED AREA DEFINITION ~12K
C: CENSUS GEOGRAPHY ~114K
D: RURAL HEALTH CARE ADVISORY PANEL ~5K
E: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ~7K
References ~159K