“Who are you calling rural?”: An Analysis of Classification Codes Evaluating Disadvantage in Rural Regions and their Correlation in an Appalachian Kentucky Cohort

Abstract

Background: Older adults living in “rural” regions have an increased risk for developing impaired cognition (both mild cognitive impairment and dementia) and, while “rural” classification is a recognized indicator of under‐represented group (URG) status by NIH definitions, there is no standard definition of rurality de

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