Rural disparities set for unmasking

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Rural disparities set for unmasking

waikato farm view
Nearly a fifth of New Zealand’s population live in rural communities and towns a new rural definition has found [Image: NZD]

Fiona Cassie finds out how a long saga of rural health unknowns has finally been resolved by clear definitions to inform research

We’re now obliged to go and re-evaluate the health status of rural New Zealander Old rural definitions may be masking the rural–urban health gap,