Rural Health
Resources by State: State-by-state
Rural Children Increasingly Rely on Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance Programs for Health Insurance
Focuses on rural-urban differences in coverage and type of health insurance for children. Discusses the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and includes statistics such as percentage and characteristics of insured and uninsured children, with breakdowns by state, urban or rural location, and Congressional district.
Author(s): William P. O'Hare
Date: 09/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: First Focus on Children
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Focuses on rural-urban differences in coverage and type of health insurance for children. Discusses the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and includes statistics such as percentage and characteristics of insured and uninsured children, with breakdowns by state, urban or rural location, and Congressional district.
Author(s): William P. O'Hare
Date: 09/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: First Focus on Children
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Cause for Optimism? Child Poverty Declines for the First Time Since Before the Great Recession
Reports on child poverty rates between 2012 and 2013, highlighting the differences between rural and urban areas. Includes a breakdown of child poverty rates by state, region, and race/ethnicity.
Author(s): Marybeth Mattingly, Jessica A. Carson, Andrew Schaefer
Date: 09/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Reports on child poverty rates between 2012 and 2013, highlighting the differences between rural and urban areas. Includes a breakdown of child poverty rates by state, region, and race/ethnicity.
Author(s): Marybeth Mattingly, Jessica A. Carson, Andrew Schaefer
Date: 09/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2013
Reports on health insurance coverage, including data on private insurance, government insurance coverage, and the uninsured. Table 5 (page 11) offers metropolitan and non-metropolitan data. Based on data from the 2014 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Author(s): Jessica C. Smith, Carla Medalia
Date: 09/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Reports on health insurance coverage, including data on private insurance, government insurance coverage, and the uninsured. Table 5 (page 11) offers metropolitan and non-metropolitan data. Based on data from the 2014 Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Author(s): Jessica C. Smith, Carla Medalia
Date: 09/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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How Did Rural Residents Fare on the Health Insurance Marketplaces?
Examines 2014 premiums, issuers, and plans offered to residents of urban and rural counties. Highlights disparities between states with a small rural population and those with a significant rural population.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Examines 2014 premiums, issuers, and plans offered to residents of urban and rural counties. Highlights disparities between states with a small rural population and those with a significant rural population.
Date: 08/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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How Does Medicaid Expansion Affect Insurance Coverage of Rural Populations?
Examines how states' decisions on Medicaid expansion are impacting rural areas in the U.S. Uses population estimates, the status of state expansion as of July 2014, and state-level insurance estimates to answer two primary questions: how is Medicaid expansion affecting rural populations, and how would it differ if every state were to expand Medicaid?
Author(s): Kristie Thompson, Brystana Kaufman, Mark Holmes
Date: 07/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Examines how states' decisions on Medicaid expansion are impacting rural areas in the U.S. Uses population estimates, the status of state expansion as of July 2014, and state-level insurance estimates to answer two primary questions: how is Medicaid expansion affecting rural populations, and how would it differ if every state were to expand Medicaid?
Author(s): Kristie Thompson, Brystana Kaufman, Mark Holmes
Date: 07/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Update: Independently Owned Pharmacy Closures in Rural America, 2003-2013
Examines the closure of independently owned rural pharmacies in America from 2003-2013 and its impact on rural Americans' access to medications and other pharmacy services. Tables 1 and 2 provide data on state-by-state changes between 2003-2009 and 2003-2013. This report is an update to past publications from RUPRI.
Author(s): Fred Ullrich, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 06/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Examines the closure of independently owned rural pharmacies in America from 2003-2013 and its impact on rural Americans' access to medications and other pharmacy services. Tables 1 and 2 provide data on state-by-state changes between 2003-2009 and 2003-2013. This report is an update to past publications from RUPRI.
Author(s): Fred Ullrich, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 06/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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State Variability in Supply of Office-based Primary Care Providers: United States, 2012
Data brief covering the supply of primary care providers. Includes national rural-urban comparisons for primary care providers per 100,000 population and for use of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in physician practices. See Figure 4.
Author(s): Esther Hing, Chun-Ju Hsiao
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Data brief covering the supply of primary care providers. Includes national rural-urban comparisons for primary care providers per 100,000 population and for use of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in physician practices. See Figure 4.
Author(s): Esther Hing, Chun-Ju Hsiao
Date: 05/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Public Insurance Drove Overall Coverage Growth Among Children in 2012: Rates of Coverage Vary Across the Country
Examines the rates of health insurance coverage among children under 18 in the U.S. by region and by rural, suburban, and central city residence between 2008 and 2012.
Author(s): Michael J. Staley
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Examines the rates of health insurance coverage among children under 18 in the U.S. by region and by rural, suburban, and central city residence between 2008 and 2012.
Author(s): Michael J. Staley
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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State Medicaid Profiles 2010
Provides national and state-level data comparing Medicaid enrollment and expenditures in rural and urban counties.
Date: 2014
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Provides national and state-level data comparing Medicaid enrollment and expenditures in rural and urban counties.
Date: 2014
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Inadequate Prenatal Care Among Racial and Ethnic Groups in the Rural United States, 2005
Covers the issue of perinatal outcomes in rural areas across the United States in 2005 with a focus on inadequate prenatal care among certain racial and ethnic groups. Includes data on inadequate prenatal care by race/ethnicity for most states. Part four in a series of four reports on perinatal health in the rural U.S.
Author(s): Laura-Mae Baldwin, Meredith A. Fordyce, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Mark P. Doescher
Date: 10/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Covers the issue of perinatal outcomes in rural areas across the United States in 2005 with a focus on inadequate prenatal care among certain racial and ethnic groups. Includes data on inadequate prenatal care by race/ethnicity for most states. Part four in a series of four reports on perinatal health in the rural U.S.
Author(s): Laura-Mae Baldwin, Meredith A. Fordyce, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Mark P. Doescher
Date: 10/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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