Trends in Travel Time to Obtain Surgical Care for Rural Patients

JAMA. 2025 Feb 12:e250447. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.0447. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Cody Lendon Mullens^{1

2}, Reagan A Collins³, Nicholas Kunnath^{1

2}, Janice C Probst⁴, Andrew M Ibrahim^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
² Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock.
⁴ Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia.

PMID: 39937470
PMCID: PMC11822571 (available on 2025-08-12)
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.0447

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Plain language summary

This study investigates changes in travel time for rural and nonrural US patients undergoing surgical care from 2010 to 2020.

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