Rural Residents With Mental Health Needs Have Fewer Care Visits Than Urban Counterparts.
Analysis of a nationally representative sample of adults with mental health needs shows that rural residents have fewer ambulatory mental health visits than their urban counterparts do. Even among people already on prescription medications for mental health conditions, rural-urban differences are large.
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