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. 2022 Sep;162(3):630-634.
doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.03.042. Epub 2022 Apr 4.

Disparities in Rural Populations With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Alison M DeDent  1 , Harold R Collard  2 , Neeta Thakur  2
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Disparities in Rural Populations With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Alison M DeDent et al. Chest. 2022 Sep.
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Survival time estimates by geographic region are displayed up to 2,000 days or 5.48 years of follow-up time. Median survival time by geographic region as follows: rural = 927 days; medium/small metro = 1,347 days; large fringe metro (suburban) = 1,304 days, and large central metro (inner city) = 1,348 days.
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