From 2008-2011 to 2012-2015, the percentage of visits for acute viral upper respiratory tract infection that had an antimicrobial ordered or prescribed decreased from 37.1% to 25.5% among emergency departments (EDs) located in nonmetropolitan statistical areas, but this decline was not seen among EDs in metropolitan statistical areas. In 2008-2011, the percentage was higher among nonmetropolita...

Economic growth might both increase and decrease income inequality, also at the city level. This paper examines income-inequality relationship within US metropolitan areas finds that it changes over time. A higher average per capita level was associated with a lower inequality in earlier years, but this association vanished later. For 1980-2000 panel, increases are decreases inequality. In cont...