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SynthesisMedical care research and review : MCRR2025

Urban and Rural Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes in the United States: A Systematic Review.

Jung A Kang, Denise D Quigley, Ashley M Chastain, Hsin S Ma, Jingjing Shang, Patricia W Stone

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Medical care research and review : MCRR, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Rural and Urban Differences in the Trends in Supply of Home Care Workers From 2015 to 2024.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026
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  3. Family stress model pathways to cognitive function in older adulthood.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2026
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  15. Drivers of COVID-19 infections: Perspectives of managers in the Gauteng Department of Health, South Africa.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jung A KangColumbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5192-7541
Denise D QuigleyRAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3815-908X
Ashley M ChastainColumbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9642-9749
Hsin S MaPardee RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Jingjing ShangColumbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY, USA.
Patricia W StoneColumbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

Infection Prevention in Home Health Care (InHOME)R01NR016865 · NINR · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SHANG, JINGJING, STONE, PATRICIA W. · 2017 to 2025
$6.4M
Systems Science and Comparative and Cost-Effectiveness Research Training for Nurse Scientists (S2CER2)T32NR014205 · NINR · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Lusine Poghosyan, Jingjing Shang · 2013 to 2026
$4.2M
ImpAct of COVID-19 on CaRe TransitOns and Health OutcomeS for Vulnerable PopulationS in Nursing Homes and Home HealthCARE Agencies (ACROSS-CARE)R01AG074492 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SHANG, JINGJING, STONE, PATRICIA W. · 2021 to 2024
$3.2M
Health Disparities in Timely Goals of Care Discussions and Hospitalizations Due to Infections in Nursing Home ResidentsF31NR020566 · NINR · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KANG, JUNG A · 2022 to 2023
$89k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG074492NINR NIH HHS F31 NR020566NINR NIH HHS R01 NR016865NINR NIH HHS T32 NR014205
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This systematic review investigates disparities in COVID-19 outcomes (infections, hospitalizations, and deaths) between urban and rural populations in the United States. Of the 3,091 articles screened, 55 were selected. Most studies (

Indexed as

COVID-19Healthcare DisparitiesHealth Status DisparitiesRural PopulationUrban PopulationHospitalizationHumansSARS-CoV-2Socioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesCOVID-19rural healthsystematic reviewurban healthurban rural disparities

Identifiers

PMID39655727
PMCPMC11871999

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