There is a vast array of definitions of "rural." When looking at health planning and policy, what agency would be the most helpful to the nurse?
A) Institute of Medicine
B) U.S. Office of Technology Assessment
C) U.S. Bureau of the Census
D) White House Office of Management and Budget
Ans: D
The most commonly used definitions of rural come from two federal agencies: the U.S. Bureau of the Census and the White House Office of Management and Budget. The White House Office of Management and Budget definition has been widely used for health planning and policy because it is based on whole counties, and most of our public health data are available at the county level. The OMB approach is primarily concerned with identifying metropolitan areas (sometimes referred to as metropolitan statistical areas), which consist of one or more "urban core" counties and the surrounding counties that are economically tied to the core.
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