Urban-rural difference in the associations between living arrangements and the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of the elderly in China-Evidence from Shaanxi province.

The findings suggest that the urban elderly have better HRQOL than the rural elderly and the elderly with different living arrangements in urban and rural area have different HRQOL. More attention should be given to the poor mental health of the elderly living alone and the worse physical health of the single elderly living with adult children.