Comparison of asthma prevalence and morbidity among rural and nonrural youth

Characterizing the experience of pediatric asthma in rural communities is in a nascent stage. Rural youth can encounter barriers that place them at risk for asthma-related health disparities.1 They are also equally2,3 or more likely4 to be diagnosed as having asthma than youth in urban areas and can experience significant asthma morbidity.3–7 Previous studies have compared rural and urban youth residing in separate states,2 focused on a predominantly minority and low-income sample from a rural south delta region,5–7 or analyzed a Medicaid-only cohort of young rural children.

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