Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Access
HRSA Maternal Mortality Summit: Promising Global Practices to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes Technical Report
Compiles key findings from a three-day summit, Promising Global Practices to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes, that includes reports, presentations, discussion, and other resources to improve maternal health outcomes from experts in the field. Provides an overview of maternal health, morbidity, and mortality in the United States. Covers the limited access to obstetric healthcare services women living in rural areas face.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Compiles key findings from a three-day summit, Promising Global Practices to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes, that includes reports, presentations, discussion, and other resources to improve maternal health outcomes from experts in the field. Provides an overview of maternal health, morbidity, and mortality in the United States. Covers the limited access to obstetric healthcare services women living in rural areas face.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Report to Congress: Current State of Technology-Enabled Collaborative Learning and Capacity Building Models
Reports on the impact of technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models as required by the Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act. Examines how such models are being used to improve healthcare quality and address health workforce capacity, particularly in rural areas, the evidence behind model effectiveness, and evidence gaps. Provides recommendations on expanding model adoption and its use in continuing medical education. Appendix includes an inventory of Project ECHO models and other similar models by state and in several other countries.
Additional links: Appendix F: Evaluation of Technology-Enabled Collaborative Learning and Capacity Building Models
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Reports on the impact of technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models as required by the Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) Act. Examines how such models are being used to improve healthcare quality and address health workforce capacity, particularly in rural areas, the evidence behind model effectiveness, and evidence gaps. Provides recommendations on expanding model adoption and its use in continuing medical education. Appendix includes an inventory of Project ECHO models and other similar models by state and in several other countries.
Additional links: Appendix F: Evaluation of Technology-Enabled Collaborative Learning and Capacity Building Models
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Fact Sheet: Rural Nebraska's Shifting Long-term Care System
Highlights the state of Nebraska's rural long-term care system. Addresses access, capacity, provider shortages, and reimbursements.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Affairs
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Highlights the state of Nebraska's rural long-term care system. Addresses access, capacity, provider shortages, and reimbursements.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Affairs
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Evidence Brief: Video Telehealth for Primary Care and Mental Health Service
Details an investigation by the Veterans Health Administration into video telehealth as a means of delivering primary and mental healthcare to veterans. Highlights advantages for increasing access for rural veterans.
Additional links: Supplemental Materials
Author(s): Stephanie Veazie, Donald Bourne, Kim Peterson, Johanna Anderson
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: VA Health Services Research & Development Service
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Details an investigation by the Veterans Health Administration into video telehealth as a means of delivering primary and mental healthcare to veterans. Highlights advantages for increasing access for rural veterans.
Additional links: Supplemental Materials
Author(s): Stephanie Veazie, Donald Bourne, Kim Peterson, Johanna Anderson
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: VA Health Services Research & Development Service
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American Broadband Initiative Milestones Report
Highlights steps for the federal government to take to increase broadband access and increase private-sector investments in broadband. Discusses broadband and mobile broadband deployment and adoption in the U.S. and offers statistics by urban, rural, and tribal lands. Provides recommendations discussing strategies, objectives, and overcoming barriers to increase broadband in urban and rural areas and tribal lands.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Highlights steps for the federal government to take to increase broadband access and increase private-sector investments in broadband. Discusses broadband and mobile broadband deployment and adoption in the U.S. and offers statistics by urban, rural, and tribal lands. Provides recommendations discussing strategies, objectives, and overcoming barriers to increase broadband in urban and rural areas and tribal lands.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Casino Ownership and Health-Related Community Resources Among Native American Tribes in California
Examines the association between tribal casino ownership and health-related resources available to Native Americans, using survey data collected in 2015-2016 from 81 federally recognized tribes in California.
Author(s): Vanessa M. Oddo, Lina Pinero Walkinshaw, Jessica C. Jones-Smith
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 16
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
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Examines the association between tribal casino ownership and health-related resources available to Native Americans, using survey data collected in 2015-2016 from 81 federally recognized tribes in California.
Author(s): Vanessa M. Oddo, Lina Pinero Walkinshaw, Jessica C. Jones-Smith
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 16
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
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Diabetes Disparities In Illinois
Examines inequalities between access to Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) locations in urban areas and those in underserved or rural areas. Includes a county-level map showing Illinois Health Care Centers and CDSMP locations with breakdowns by county diabetes prevalence.
Author(s): Taylor Jansen, Liliana Aguayo, James Whitacre, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 16
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
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Examines inequalities between access to Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) locations in urban areas and those in underserved or rural areas. Includes a county-level map showing Illinois Health Care Centers and CDSMP locations with breakdowns by county diabetes prevalence.
Author(s): Taylor Jansen, Liliana Aguayo, James Whitacre, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 16
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
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The Market Mechanism and Health Insurance in Rural Places: Lessons Learned from an Economics and Policy Perspective
Examines rural health insurance market challenges and related policy considerations. Outlines historical and economic reasons for rural "market failures," such as low population density and economies of scale. Reviews the success of previous policy interventions targeting rural health insurance markets and offers recommendations for future action.
Author(s): Abigail R. Barker, Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller, Kelsey A. Huntzberry
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Examines rural health insurance market challenges and related policy considerations. Outlines historical and economic reasons for rural "market failures," such as low population density and economies of scale. Reviews the success of previous policy interventions targeting rural health insurance markets and offers recommendations for future action.
Author(s): Abigail R. Barker, Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller, Kelsey A. Huntzberry
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Putting Patients First: Today's Disparities Research Leading to Health Equity Tomorrow
Editorial describing efforts of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to promote health equity in urban and rural areas, through increasing awareness of disparities, developing solutions, and implementing actions. Summarizes articles included in a special Health Services Research issue devoted to health disparities research.
Author(s): Cara V. James
Citation: Health Services Research, 54(1), Part II, 203-205
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
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Editorial describing efforts of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to promote health equity in urban and rural areas, through increasing awareness of disparities, developing solutions, and implementing actions. Summarizes articles included in a special Health Services Research issue devoted to health disparities research.
Author(s): Cara V. James
Citation: Health Services Research, 54(1), Part II, 203-205
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
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National Racial/Ethnic and Geographic Disparities in Experiences with Health Care Among Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries
Investigates whether experiences of adult Medicaid beneficiaries differ by race or ethnicity and rural or urban status, using data from 270,243 respondents to the 2014‐2015 Nationwide Adult Medicaid Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey. Features statistics with breakdowns by large urban, small urban, or small town locations.
Author(s): Steven C. Martino, Megan Mathews, Denis Agniel, Nate Orr, Shondelle Wilson-Frederick, et al.
Citation: Health Services Research, 54(1), Part II, 287-296
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
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Investigates whether experiences of adult Medicaid beneficiaries differ by race or ethnicity and rural or urban status, using data from 270,243 respondents to the 2014‐2015 Nationwide Adult Medicaid Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey. Features statistics with breakdowns by large urban, small urban, or small town locations.
Author(s): Steven C. Martino, Megan Mathews, Denis Agniel, Nate Orr, Shondelle Wilson-Frederick, et al.
Citation: Health Services Research, 54(1), Part II, 287-296
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
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