Association of Rural Setting With Poorer Disease Outcomes for Patients With Rheumatic Diseases : Results From a Systematic Review of the Literature

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This work was conducted within the Versus Arthritis and Medical Research Council Centre for Musculoskeletal Health and Work although there was no specific financial support for this project. The authors have no conflict of interest to report. We acknowledge the work of Svenja Kleiser from the Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany who conducted the literature search during an internship at the Epidemiology Group, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom.Peer reviewedPostprin