Hua Lu

TL;DR: Age-standardized hypertension prevalence was significantly higher in the most rural areas, compared with the most urban areas within nearly all categories of age, sex, and other demographic characteristics, and was highest in Southeastern* and Appalachian† counties.

TL;DR: The high prevalence of arthritis in all counties, and the high frequency of arthritis-attributable limitations among adults with arthritis, suggests that states and counties might benefit from expanding underused, evidence-based interventions for arthritis that can reduce arthritis symptoms and improve self-management.

TL;DR: Targeted use of evidence-based interventions that focus on physical activity and self-management education can reduce pain and improve function and quality of life for adults with arthritis and thus might reduce these geographic disparities.

TL;DR: It is found that model-based estimates for most of the selected health indicators at the city level were close to the direct estimates from the local survey, and strong correlation between the model- based estimates and direct survey estimates at neighborhood and zip code levels for most indicators.

TL;DR: Despite new therapies that were expected to improve remission and reduce hospitalizations, estimated numbers (and age-adjusted rates per 100,000 U.S. population) of hospitalizations for Crohn's disease as the first-listed diagnosis did not change significantly from 2003 to 2013.