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Injuries in nonurban areas are associated with increased disability at hospital discharge.
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Abstract
Mortality is worse after injuries occurring in rural areas. However, most trauma patients survive their injuries, and little is known about functional outcomes after nonfatal injuries that occur in rural areas compared with those that happen in the urban setting. We hypothesized that disability at hospital discharge is worse for those injured in nonurban areas.