Rural and Northern Communities

Cross-source consensus on Rural and Northern Communities from 1 sources and 4 claims.

1 sources · 4 claims

Risks & contraindications

Travel burdens were higher in rural than urban areas and higher in northern than southern areas for both linguistic groups. — Going the distance: a cross-sectional geospatial analysis quantifying province-wide inequities in travel-based access, and fragility of access to French-language primary care provided by family physicians in Ontario, Canada
French-language access inequities were most severe in rural and northern communities. — Going the distance: a cross-sectional geospatial analysis quantifying province-wide inequities in travel-based access, and fragility of access to French-language primary care provided by family physicians in Ontario, Canada
Fragility is especially relevant in rural and remote regions because small numbers of physicians may serve whole communities. — Going the distance: a cross-sectional geospatial analysis quantifying province-wide inequities in travel-based access, and fragility of access to French-language primary care provided by family physicians in Ontario, Canada
Some remote northern communities were excluded from statistical analyses because they were inaccessible by road or had unrealistically long road travel times. — Going the distance: a cross-sectional geospatial analysis quantifying province-wide inequities in travel-based access, and fragility of access to French-language primary care provided by family physicians in Ontario, Canada