. How could "rural" best be defined in relation to health care?
A. Economically: subject to occupational hazards
B. Geographically: takes longer than 30 minutes to get to health care
C. Politically: has less than 20,000 residents in the community
D. Subjectively: 75% of us can say "smaller than where I grew up"
ANS: B
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