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Characteristic
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All patients
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Least Disadvantaged
|
Middle 45% Disadvantaged
|
Top 5% Disadvantaged
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p-value
|
|---|
| |
N= 1,915,039
|
n=958,196
|
n=865,655
|
n=91,188
|
<0.001
|
|---|
|
Rural County (N, %)
|
1,451,410 (75.8)
|
714,750 (74.6)
|
667,354 (77.1)
|
69,306 (76)
|
<0.001
|
|
Ratio of Primary Care Physicians per 10,000 Persons in County (mean, SD)
|
266 (178)
|
299 (181.1)
|
230 (171.1)
|
251 (108.6)
|
<0.001
|
|
Ratio of Nurse Practitioners per 10,000 Persons in County (mean, SD)
|
59.1 (32.3)
|
56.1 (31.9)
|
61.3 (31.9)
|
69.1 (37.7)
|
<0.001
|
- Note: SD Standard Deviation; RN Registered Nurse
