Unmasking hidden disparities: a comparative observational study examining the impact of different rurality classifications for health research in Aotearoa New Zealand.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Examine the impact of two generic-urban-rural experimental profile (UREP) and urban accessibility (UA)-and one purposely built-geographic classification for health (GCH)-rurality classification systems on the identification of rural-urban health disparities in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ).

Design

A comparative observational study.

Setting

NZ; the most recent 5 years of available data on mortality events (2013-2017), hospitalisations and non-admitted hospital patient events (both 2015-2019).

Participants

Numerator data included deaths (n=156 521), hospitalisations (n=13 020 042) and selected non-admitted patient events (n=44 596 471) for the total NZ population during the study period. Annual denominators, by 5-year age group, sex, ethnicit

SUBMITTER: Whitehead J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10106021 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature