Lower admission rates for rural people unlikely due to better health – study

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Lower admission rates for rural people unlikely due to better health – study

Garry Nixon
Variation in healthcare access between rural and urban people might be a bigger “postcode lottery” than between regions, believes University of Otago rural health professor Garry Nixon [Image: Supplied]
It would be a very brave person who would say that rural New Zealanders have better access to primary and preventative care than those in the cities
References

Nixon G, Davie G, Whitehead J, et al. Rural–urban variation in the utilisation of publicly funded healthcare services: an age-stratified population-level observational study. NZMJ 2024: 23 Feb.