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  1. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb136.jsp
    June 01, 2012 - and 16.0 visits per 100,000 population among people residing in all other areas. … , 22.4 in medium and small metro areas, and 23.6 in micropolitan and noncore areas). … related to assault involving a firearm were more likely to occur in an urban area than in any other areas … the National Center for Health Statistics: Large Central Metropolitan: includes metropolitan areas … with a population of 1 million or greater Medium and Small Metropolitan: includes areas of 50,000
  2. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb194-Inpatient-Mortality-High-Volume-Conditions.pdf
    November 01, 2014 - patients with AMI in metropolitan (41 percent), micropolitan (40 percent), and rural (42 percent) areas … as well as patients with pneumonia in micropolitan areas (42 percent). … with 1 million or more residents; fringe counties of metropolitan areas with 1 million or more residents … ; counties in metropolitan areas of 250,000–999,999 residents; and counties in metropolitan areas of … 50,000–249,999 residents • Micropolitan: Nonmetropolitan counties areas of 10,000 or more residents
  3. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb106.jsp
    February 01, 2011 - rates were also highest in the poorest communities (533 versus 312 stays per 100,000) and in rural areas … (563 stays versus 305 stays per 100,000 in large metropolitan areas), where smoking rates tend to be … Hospitalization rates for acute exacerbation were highest in the poorest communities and in rural areas … relative to 19.6 percent among those at or above poverty level) 6 and among adults living in rural areas … Tobacco use and exposure in rural areas: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  4. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb103.jsp
    December 01, 2010 - Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of Core-Based Statistical Areas. … OMB classifies counties into metropolitan and micropolitan areas. … areas using the Urban Influence Codes (UIC). … Large urban fringe includes metropolitan areas with fewer than 1 million residents. … Non-urban includes areas that are neither metropolitan nor micropolitan areas, i.e. counties with no
  5. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb112.jsp
    May 01, 2011 - There were more than 5 times as many ED visits related to eye injuries for patients from rural areas … (646 per 100,000 population) than urban areas (120 per 100,000). … 59.1% 52.9% Patient residence, rate per 100,000 population 1         Urban areas … For patients who lived in rural areas, the rate of ED visits related to eye injuries was 646 per 100,000 … population, 5.4 times higher than in urban areas (large central, large fringe, and medium and small
  6. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb130.jsp
    May 01, 2012 - The large majority of ATV injury victims lived in relatively rural areas: 38.5 percent lived in micropolitan … and non-core areas and an additional 34.4 percent lived in medium and small metropolitan areas. … and 227.2 among residents of rural areas, over a 30-fold difference (figure 2). … according to the following: Urban: Large Central Metropolitan: includes metropolitan areas … with 1 million or more residents Large Fringe Metropolitan: includes counties of metropolitan areas
  7. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb128.jsp
    April 01, 2012 - any type of cardiac stent were spread fairly evenly across income categories and urban/rural metro areas … , although patients living in the highest income areas had fewer stays than the second lowest income … category and patients from rural areas had fewer stays than medium and small metro areas. … million or more residents Large Fringe Metropolitan: Fringe counties of counties of metropolitan areas … with 1 million or more residents Medium Metropolitan: Counties in metropolitan areas of 250,000-999,999
  8. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/or22.pdf
    November 01, 2009 - cannot be assessed by this approach  Post-linkage AI/AN rates may not be comparable to other states/areas … Public Health Division, STD/TB/HIV Program Unmatched AI/AN cases were more likely to reside in urban areas … that were of unknown or missing race • Unmatched AI/AN cases were more likely to reside in urban areas
  9. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb253-Influenza-Hospitalizations-ED-Visits-2006-2016.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - ■ Rates of influenza-related stays and ED visits were highest for patients from low-income areas … than for those from metropolitan areas. … adjacent to a metro area and from rural, remote areas than for patients from metro areas (490.9 and … those from higher income areas. … (4.3 percent), compared with those from metro areas (3.5 percent) and rural, remote areas (3.6 percent
  10. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb247-Opioid-Hospital-Stays-Women.pdf
    October 01, 2018 - ■ In large metropolitan areas, White and Black women had a similar rate of opioid-related stays … However, in rural areas, Black women had a lower rate of opioid stays compared with White women. … , and women residing in large metropolitan areas. … to 10.1 percent in micropolitan/noncore areas. 7 Figure 3 presents the distribution of … than in rural areas.
  11. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/ccr/ip-ccr/CCR-KID-UserGuide-2003-2016.pdf
    January 01, 2016 - All rural areas in each state are combined for a single wage index. … Geographic Adjustment Factor—GAF The Capital cost adjustment index for Core Based Statistical Areas … inpatient CCR, hosp-specific GAF Capital cost adjustment index for Core Based Statistical Areas
  12. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/hms/HMSUserGuide2003.pdf
    August 30, 2006 - 3 Markets defined by geopolitical boundaries are based on counties, Metropolitan Statistical Areas … (MSA), Health Service Areas (HSA), and Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSA).
  13. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb211-Hospital-Variation-C-sections-2013.jsp
    September 01, 2016 - compared with those in small metropolitan and micropolitan areas. … The mean low-risk C-section rate was also higher for hospitals in large metropolitan areas (16.9 per … with 1 million or more residents Small Metropolitan: metropolitan areas with fewer than 1 million … residents Micropolitan: nonmetropolitan areas delinated as micropolitan areas Rural (noncore): nonmetropolitan … and nonmicropolitan areas Payer Payer is the expected payer for the hospital stay.
  14. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb211-Hospital-Variation-C-sections-2013.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - compared with those in small metropolitan and micropolitan areas. … The mean low-risk C-section rate was also higher for hospitals in large metropolitan areas (16.9 per … with 1 million or more residents • Small Metropolitan: metropolitan areas with fewer than 1 million … residents • Micropolitan: nonmetropolitan areas delineated as micropolitan areas • Rural (noncore … ): nonmetropolitan and nonmicropolitan areas Payer Payer is the expected payer for the hospital
  15. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb174-Emergency-Department-Visits-Overview.jsp
    June 01, 2014 - Rural areas had a higher rate of ED visits resulting in discharge compared with urban areas. … Rural areas had the highest rate of ED visits resulting in discharge. … Rural areas (micropolitan and noncore areas) had the highest rate of ED visits that resulted in discharge … in 2011 (448 per 1,000 population) compared with urban areas: medium and small metropolitan areas ( … with 1 million or more residents Large Fringe Metropolitan: includes counties of metropolitan areas
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    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/hms/HMSUserGuide2006.pdf
    June 30, 2012 - Boundaries Markets defined by geopolitical boundaries are based on counties, Metropolitan Statistical Areas … (MSA), Health Service Areas (HSA), and Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSA).
  17. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb25.jsp
    January 01, 2007 - also illustrates that burn hospitalizations occurred most often among patients living in low-income areas … was about 77 percent higher than the rate of burn admissions among patients living in higher income areas … Similarly, burn hospital stays were most likely to occur among patients living in rural areas, at a rate … rate was nearly 73 percent higher than the rate of burn stays among patients living in large urban areas … and about 64 percent higher than among those living in small urban areas (9.9 and 10.4 hospital stays
  18. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb155.jsp
    May 01, 2013 - Rates of transfer were higher for ED encounters from rural areas. … Encounters by patients from rural areas had the highest transfer rate (3.0 percent)—three times higher … than the transfer rate for patients from large central metropolitan areas. … with 1 million or more residents Large Fringe Metropolitan: Fringe counties of metropolitan areas … with 1 million or more residents Medium Metropolitan: Counties in metropolitan areas of 250,000-999,999
  19. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb155.pdf
    March 01, 2013 - ■ Rates of transfer were higher for ED encounters from rural areas. … Encounters by patients from rural areas had the highest transfer rate (3.0 percent)—three times higher … than the transfer rate for patients from large central metropolitan areas. 3 Table 1. … Center for Health Statistics (NCHS): – Large Central Metropolitan: Central counties of metropolitan areas … with 1 million or more residents – Large Fringe Metropolitan: Fringe counties of metropolitan areas
  20. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb25.pdf
    January 01, 2007 - (15.6 stays 0,000 population) and pa- living in rural areas (17.1 per 100,000 population). … also illustrates that burn hospitalizations occurred most often among patients living in low- income areas … Similarly, burn hospital stays were most likely to occur among patients living in rural areas, at a rate … rate was nearly 73 percent higher than the rate of burn stays among patients living in large urban areas … and about 64 percent higher than among those living in small urban areas (9.9 and 10.4 hospital stays

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