Rural chronic disease research patterns in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a systematic integrative review.
R DislerKristen M GlenisterJ WrightPublished in: BMC public health (2020)
This integrated review reveals that the published literature on common chronic health issues pertaining to rural and remote populations is largely descriptive. Only a small number of publications focus on mortality and comparative health outcomes from health care models in both urban and non-urban populations. Innovative service models and telehealth are together well represented in the published literature but data on health outcomes is relatively sparse. There is significant scope for further directly comparative studies detailing the effect of service delivery models on the health outcomes of urban and rural populations. We believe that such data would further knowledge in this field and help to break the deadly synergy between increased rurality and poorer outcomes for people with chronic disease.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- mental health
- south africa
- systematic review
- electronic health record
- public health
- health information
- big data
- genetic diversity
- cross sectional
- risk factors
- randomized controlled trial
- health promotion
- risk assessment
- climate change
- insulin resistance
- data analysis
- metabolic syndrome
- machine learning
- artificial intelligence
- drug induced
- human health
- deep learning