Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health conditions
Associations Between Socioeconomic, Spatial and Educational Factors and Midlife Periodontal Disease Risk: Evidence From 'High School and Beyond'
Examines periodontal disease (PD) risks according to socioeconomic, geographic, and educational factors. Utilizes data from 26,820 people from 1980 to 2021 to analyze selfâreported PD diagnosis, with breakdowns according to educational attainment, demographics, childhood income, geographic region, urbanicity, and more.
Author(s): John Robert Warren, Jessie Himmelstern, Chandra Muller, Eric Grodsky, Ryan Demmer
Citation: Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 52(6), 843-858
Date: 01/2025
view details
Examines periodontal disease (PD) risks according to socioeconomic, geographic, and educational factors. Utilizes data from 26,820 people from 1980 to 2021 to analyze selfâreported PD diagnosis, with breakdowns according to educational attainment, demographics, childhood income, geographic region, urbanicity, and more.
Author(s): John Robert Warren, Jessie Himmelstern, Chandra Muller, Eric Grodsky, Ryan Demmer
Citation: Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 52(6), 843-858
Date: 01/2025
view details
Nevada Rural and Frontier Health Data Book - Twelfth Edition
Provides an overview of the health and healthcare in rural and frontier Nevada. Offers state and county-level data on the resident population, economic and social characteristics, insurance coverage, population health, the healthcare workforce, and the healthcare delivery system.
Author(s): Tabor Griswold, John Packham, Simran Kaur, et al.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Office of Statewide Initiatives
view details
Provides an overview of the health and healthcare in rural and frontier Nevada. Offers state and county-level data on the resident population, economic and social characteristics, insurance coverage, population health, the healthcare workforce, and the healthcare delivery system.
Author(s): Tabor Griswold, John Packham, Simran Kaur, et al.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Office of Statewide Initiatives
view details
Perinatal Mental Health in Maine
Offers data from various sources, including reviews of pregnancy-associated deaths, to help health professionals, policymakers, and the public understand the current status of perinatal mental health in Maine. Includes a section on mental health needs in rural areas and a county-level map with shadings showing numbers of mental health providers per 10,000 population.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: Maine Department of Health and Human Services
view details
Offers data from various sources, including reviews of pregnancy-associated deaths, to help health professionals, policymakers, and the public understand the current status of perinatal mental health in Maine. Includes a section on mental health needs in rural areas and a county-level map with shadings showing numbers of mental health providers per 10,000 population.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: Maine Department of Health and Human Services
view details
Carcinogenic Air Pollutants and Breast Cancer Risk in the Arkansas Rural Community Health Study: A Nested Case-Control Study
Examines associations between hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and breast cancer incidence among rural Arkansas women, utilizing National Air Toxics Assessment and Arkansas Rural Community Health study data. Analyzes breast cancer incidence and exposure to individual pollutants, pollutant mix, and family history of breast cancer.
Author(s): Edgar T. Ellis, Sean G. Young, Rachel Carroll, et al.
Citation: Environmental Pollution, 368, 125709
Date: 01/2025
view details
Examines associations between hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) and breast cancer incidence among rural Arkansas women, utilizing National Air Toxics Assessment and Arkansas Rural Community Health study data. Analyzes breast cancer incidence and exposure to individual pollutants, pollutant mix, and family history of breast cancer.
Author(s): Edgar T. Ellis, Sean G. Young, Rachel Carroll, et al.
Citation: Environmental Pollution, 368, 125709
Date: 01/2025
view details
Food Security Status Across the Rural-Urban Continuum Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Examines food insecurity across the rural-urban continuum and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food access in various locations. Utilizes 2015-2019 and 2020-2021 Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS FSS) data to analyze food security according to urban, large rural city/town, small rural town, or isolated rural town/area.
Author(s): Patrick J. Brady, Melissa N. Laska, Rachel Widome, Sruthi Valluri
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
view details
Examines food insecurity across the rural-urban continuum and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food access in various locations. Utilizes 2015-2019 and 2020-2021 Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS FSS) data to analyze food security according to urban, large rural city/town, small rural town, or isolated rural town/area.
Author(s): Patrick J. Brady, Melissa N. Laska, Rachel Widome, Sruthi Valluri
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
view details
Opioid Use among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries
Examines trends in prescription opioid use among Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas, utilizing 2010-2017 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) data. Provides data on receipt of opioid prescriptions among community-dwelling and facility-dwelling beneficiaries, associations between prescribing and chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs), and prescriptions exceeding CDC guidelines. Includes rural-urban comparisons.
Author(s): Yvonne Jonk, Heidi O'Connor, Karen Pearson, et al.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
view details
Examines trends in prescription opioid use among Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas, utilizing 2010-2017 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) data. Provides data on receipt of opioid prescriptions among community-dwelling and facility-dwelling beneficiaries, associations between prescribing and chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs), and prescriptions exceeding CDC guidelines. Includes rural-urban comparisons.
Author(s): Yvonne Jonk, Heidi O'Connor, Karen Pearson, et al.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
view details
Predictors of County-Level Diabetes-Related Mortality Risks in Florida, USA: A Retrospective Ecological Study
Examines geographic disparities in diabetes-related mortality risk (DRMR) in Florida. Explores the association between county-level factors and DRMR, including data on rurality, age, health behaviors, and more.
Author(s): Nirmalendu Deb Nath, Agricola Odoi
Citation: PeerJ Life & Environment, 13, e18537
Date: 01/2025
view details
Examines geographic disparities in diabetes-related mortality risk (DRMR) in Florida. Explores the association between county-level factors and DRMR, including data on rurality, age, health behaviors, and more.
Author(s): Nirmalendu Deb Nath, Agricola Odoi
Citation: PeerJ Life & Environment, 13, e18537
Date: 01/2025
view details
Lessons from the Pandemic: Relationship Between Patient Visits and Patient Length of Stay in California's Health System
Examines impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient utilization of California hospitals. Analyzes 2019-2021 COVID-19 cases, mortality, patient length of stay (LOS), and more in 56 California counties, with rural versus urban comparisons.
Author(s): David D. Cho, Yu Wang
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems, 23, 11
Date: 01/2025
view details
Examines impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on patient utilization of California hospitals. Analyzes 2019-2021 COVID-19 cases, mortality, patient length of stay (LOS), and more in 56 California counties, with rural versus urban comparisons.
Author(s): David D. Cho, Yu Wang
Citation: Health Research Policy and Systems, 23, 11
Date: 01/2025
view details
Understanding the Impact and Costs Associated with Medical Device Shortages During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Providers, Health Systems, Patients, and Manufacturers
Analyzes the U.S. medical device shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic and provides a related literature review, key stakeholder interviews, and data synthesis. Includes information on type of medical device shortages, strategies to manage shortages, and more, with a focus on shortages in nursing homes and rural hospitals.
Author(s): Linda Thai, Trinidad Beleche, Oluwarantimi Adetunji
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
view details
Analyzes the U.S. medical device shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic and provides a related literature review, key stakeholder interviews, and data synthesis. Includes information on type of medical device shortages, strategies to manage shortages, and more, with a focus on shortages in nursing homes and rural hospitals.
Author(s): Linda Thai, Trinidad Beleche, Oluwarantimi Adetunji
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
view details
Examining Differences in Rural and Urban Medicare FFS Beneficiaries' Emergency Department Use Before and During COVID-19
Results of a study describing changes from 2018-2022 in emergency department use among rural and urban Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) beneficiaries. Features statistics including patient demographics, primary diagnoses, and admission sources, with breakdowns by urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Alana Knudson, Craig D. Holden, Marilyn Klug, Tricia Stauffer, Shena Popat
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: ETSU/NORC Rural Health Research Center
view details
Results of a study describing changes from 2018-2022 in emergency department use among rural and urban Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) beneficiaries. Features statistics including patient demographics, primary diagnoses, and admission sources, with breakdowns by urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Alana Knudson, Craig D. Holden, Marilyn Klug, Tricia Stauffer, Shena Popat
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: ETSU/NORC Rural Health Research Center
view details