Global Rural and Remote Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Rural and remote patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at risk for inequities in health outcomes based on differences in physical environments and health care access potential compared to urban populations. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize epidemiology, clinical outcomes, and health service use reported for global populations with RA residing in rural and remote locations.

Methods

Medline, Embase, HealthStar, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), and the Cochrane Library were searched from inception to June 2019 using librarian-developed search terms for RA and rural and remote populations. Peer-reviewed published manuscripts were included if they reported on epidemiologic, clinical, or health service use ou

SUBMITTER: Pianarosa E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9304257 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature