Rural-urban differences in health service utilization in upper-middle and high-income countries: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This scoping review aims to understand the extent and attributes of literature evaluating differences between rural and urban populations' utilization of health services in upper-middle and high-income countries.

Method

The review was conducted in line with established scoping review methodology guidelines. We used the "Participants, Concept and Context" framework to guide the inclusion criteria and determination of the review's scope. Studies published over a 15-year period (2008-2022) were identified using Embase, Medine, PubMed, and Scopus databases. Study attributes, areas of focus and findings were reviewed and extracted.

Results

The search identified 179 studies. The number of studies published looking at rural-urban differences in health service utiliza

SUBMITTER: Liepins T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409755 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature