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"Rural" is a geographic area ten or more miles from a population center of 30,000 or more. Rural areas are of three general types reflecting relative distances between principal health care delivery sites including:
Frontier areas are counties that have a population density of six people per square mile or less. Remote Rural areas are more than 30 minutes average travel time from a population center of 10,000 or more and are not within a frontier area. Less Remote Rural areas are 30 minutes or less average travel time from a population center of 10,000 or more and are not with a frontier area.
For further information on these determinations contact:
Emerson Ong, Office of Rural Health (503) 494-4450 or e-mail
onge@ohsu.edu
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