Best Practices for Rural Surgical Health Services Research

This Viewpoint outlines key strategies for conducting high-quality quantitative rural surgical health services research to address disparities in access, timeliness, and clinical outcomes for rural surgical patients.

Corresponding Author: Cody Lendon Mullens, MD, MPH, MS, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 2110 Taubman Center, SPC 5346, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (codymu@med.umich.edu).

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