Family medicine residents' risk of adverse motor vehicle events: comparison between rural and urban placements.

Family medicine residents’ risk of adverse motor vehicle events: a comparison between rural and urban placements

BACKGROUND Sleep deprivation and fatigue are associated with long and irregular work hours. These work patterns are common to medical residents. Motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are a leading cause of injury related deaths in Canada, with MVC fatality rates in rural areas up to three times higher than in urban areas. OBJECTIVES To: 1) examine the number of adverse motor vehicle events (AMVEs) in ...

Avoidable Mortality Differences between Rural and Urban Residents During 2004–2011: A Case Study in Iran

Background Avoidable mortality as an indicator for assessing the health system performance has caught the attention of researchers for a long time. In this study we aimed to compare the health system performance using this indicator in rural and urban areas of one of Iran’s southern provinces.   Methods All deaths (29916) which happened during 2004–2011 in Bushehr province were assessed. Nolte ...

Income Inequality in Urban China: A Comparative Analysis between Urban Residents and Rural-Urban Migrants

Rural-urban differences in depression prevalence: implications for family medicine.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Rural populations experience more adverse living circumstances than urban populations, but the evidence regarding the prevalence of mental health disorders in rural areas is contradictory. We examined the prevalence of depression in rural versus urban areas. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study using the 1999 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). In face-t...

Urban sprawl as a risk factor in motor vehicle crashes

A decade ago, compactness/sprawl indices were developed for metropolitan areas and counties which have been widely used in health and other research. In this study, we first update the original county index to 2010, then develop a refined index that accounts for more relevant factors, and finally seek to test the relationship between sprawl and traffic crash rates using structural equation mode...