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Out of Sight, Out of Mind — Behavioral and Developmental Care for Rural Children

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  • Kelly J. Kelleher, M.D.,
  • and William Gardner, Ph.D.

Rural children from small communities in the United States are more likely than those living in cities and suburbs to have a mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder. What might cause this disparity? And how do we care for these children and their families?

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Disclosure forms provided by the authors are available at NEJM.org.

This article was published on March 16, 2017, at NEJM.org.

Author Affiliations

From the Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice, Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH (K.J.K.); and the Centre for Child Mental Health Services and Policy Research, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa (W.G.).

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