Rural vs. Urban Ambulatory Health Care Review
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چکیده
Review Potentially eligible studies for full text review (n=333) Articles abstracted (n=192) Included studies (n=102) Studies added after peer review (n=3) Studies added: a. hand searching (n=5) b. Journal of Rural Health (n=19) Non-United States population = 6 Population <18 years old = 3 Not publication type criteria = 66 Not Healthcare outcomes, structure/process/harms = 80 Non-Rural Health = 10 TOTAL = 165 Non-United States population = 50 Population <18 years old = 97 Not publication type criteria = 312 Not Healthcare outcomes, structure/process/harms 506 Non-Rural Health = 83 TOTAL = 1,048 Not related to key questions = 93 (includes non-ambulatory care, intervention studies, background papers)
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