Rural-Urban Differences in Diabetes Care and Control in 42 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-sectional Study of Nationally Representative Individual-Level Data.
David FloodPascal GeldsetzerKokou AgoudaviKrishna K AryalLuisa Campos Caldeira BrantGarry BrianMaria DorobantuFarshad FarzadfarOana Gheorghe-FroneaMongal Singh GurungDavid GuwatuddeCorine HouehanouJutta M Adelin JorgensenDimple KondalDemetre LabadariosMaja E MarcusMary MayigeMana MoghimiBolormaa NorovGastón PermanSarah Quesnel-CrooksMohammad-Mahdi RashidiSahar Saeedi MoghaddamJacqueline A SeiglieSilver K BahendekaEric SteinbrookMichaela TheilmannLisa J WareSebastian VollmerRifat AtunJustine I DaviesMohammed K AliPeter RohloffJennifer Manne-GoehlerPublished in: Diabetes care (2022)
Rural populations with diabetes experience substantial inequities in the achievement of diabetes performance measures in LMICs. Programs and policies aiming to strengthen global diabetes care must consider the unique challenges experienced by rural populations.