Worsening Rural-Urban Gap in Hospital Mortality

From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (NV); VA Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TJI); Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Division of Academic General Pediatrics, Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (MMD).

From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (NV); VA Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TJI); Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Division of Academic General Pediatrics, Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (MMD).

From the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (NV); VA Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (TJI); Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital, Division of Academic General Pediatrics, Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (MMD).