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Rural-urban differences in health care use, survival among individuals with Alzheimer disease, related dementia

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Study Did:

Researchers investigated differences in health care use and survival between Medicare patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementia living in rural compared with urban areas.

Authors:

Momotazur Rahman, Ph.D., of the Brown University School of Public Health in Providence, Rhode Island, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.22111)

Editor's Note:

The article includes conflict of interest and funding/support disclosures. Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, conflict of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.

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