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

Objective To assess whether clinical and patient‐reported outcomes are poorer for individuals with inflammatory and noninflammatory rheumatic diseases living in rural locations. Methods We searched 6 databases for articles that reported on primary peer‐reviewed research, published in English between 1990 and 2019, that focused on selected rheumatic diseases (rheumatoid arthritis [RA], psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis, or...