Research Alert: August 25, 2015

Area Deprivation is Higher Among Rural Counties—but Not All Rural Counties are Deprived

This brief is the first of two in a series that provides policy makers and interested parties with information on the role of residence and community deprivation on potentially avoidable hospitalizations among children. This brief describes the development of the area deprivation index, examines area deprivation across all U.S. counties, and describes findings when applied to rates of potentially avoidable hospitalizations among a nine-state sample of children.

For more information, see additional factsheet.

Additional Resources of Interest:

• More information about the Rural and Minority Health Research Center
• More information from the Rural Health Information Hub's topic guides: EMS and Trauma, Healthcare Access, Hospitals, Rural Health Disparities