Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce
Rural Mental Health Workforce Needs Assessment: A National Survey
Examines the shortages of mental health professionals in rural communities and the impact of inadequate mental health services access on rural hospitals.
Author(s): Daniel Thomas, Martin MacDowell, Michael Glasser
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(4), 2176
Date: 10/2012
Type: Document
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Examines the shortages of mental health professionals in rural communities and the impact of inadequate mental health services access on rural hospitals.
Author(s): Daniel Thomas, Martin MacDowell, Michael Glasser
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(4), 2176
Date: 10/2012
Type: Document
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Growth and Changes in the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Workforce with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Studied how additional supplemental funding to the National Health Service Corps through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was focused on granting more loan repayment awards to clinicians who agreed to work in underserved areas, affected the NHSC's workforce. States that proportions of the NHSC's workforce serving in rural areas changed only modestly.
Author(s): Donald E. Pathman, Thomas R. Konrad
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 25(5), 723-733
Date: 09/2012
Type: Document
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Studied how additional supplemental funding to the National Health Service Corps through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was focused on granting more loan repayment awards to clinicians who agreed to work in underserved areas, affected the NHSC's workforce. States that proportions of the NHSC's workforce serving in rural areas changed only modestly.
Author(s): Donald E. Pathman, Thomas R. Konrad
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 25(5), 723-733
Date: 09/2012
Type: Document
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Characteristics of Rural RNs Who Live and Work in Different Communities
Explores individual and community-level factors associated with registered nurses' decisions to commute away from their rural areas of residence for work. Discusses the implications of the findings for recruiting and retaining nurses in rural communities.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Susan M. Skillman, Lorella Palazzo, Mark P. Doescher, Patricia Butterfield
Date: 09/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Explores individual and community-level factors associated with registered nurses' decisions to commute away from their rural areas of residence for work. Discusses the implications of the findings for recruiting and retaining nurses in rural communities.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Susan M. Skillman, Lorella Palazzo, Mark P. Doescher, Patricia Butterfield
Date: 09/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Prospective Student Pharmacist Interest in a Rural Pharmacy Curriculum
Seeks to determine prospective student pharmacists' interest in a rural pharmacy health curriculum. Results are based on a survey of 250 applicants who were selected to interview for fall 2011 enrollment at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
Author(s): Shanna K. O'Connor, Jeffrey S. Reichard, Kim A. Thrasher, Pamela U. Joyner
Citation: American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 76(6), 105
Date: 08/2012
Type: Document
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Seeks to determine prospective student pharmacists' interest in a rural pharmacy health curriculum. Results are based on a survey of 250 applicants who were selected to interview for fall 2011 enrollment at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
Author(s): Shanna K. O'Connor, Jeffrey S. Reichard, Kim A. Thrasher, Pamela U. Joyner
Citation: American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 76(6), 105
Date: 08/2012
Type: Document
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Washington State Primary Care Workforce: Summary of Physician Focus Group Findings
Presents findings from five focus groups consisting of primary care physicians in five areas of Washington State conducted by the Washington State Office of Financial Management. Assesses physicians' perspectives of factors affecting access to primary care, especially for Medicaid patients, and how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will change the primary care physician's role in the health delivery system.
Author(s): Barbara Matthews, Thea Mounts
Date: 08/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: UW Center for Health Workforce Studies
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Presents findings from five focus groups consisting of primary care physicians in five areas of Washington State conducted by the Washington State Office of Financial Management. Assesses physicians' perspectives of factors affecting access to primary care, especially for Medicaid patients, and how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will change the primary care physician's role in the health delivery system.
Author(s): Barbara Matthews, Thea Mounts
Date: 08/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: UW Center for Health Workforce Studies
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Medical Student Characteristics Predictive of Intent for Rural Practice
Presents findings from a study exploring the effect of student characteristics on choosing rural practice.
Author(s): Pamela Royston, Kathleen Mathieson, Joan Leafman, Olivia Ojan-Sheehan
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(3), 2107
Date: 08/2012
Type: Document
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Presents findings from a study exploring the effect of student characteristics on choosing rural practice.
Author(s): Pamela Royston, Kathleen Mathieson, Joan Leafman, Olivia Ojan-Sheehan
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(3), 2107
Date: 08/2012
Type: Document
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Training Primary Care Physicians for Local Health Authority Duties in Texas
Discusses public health training for primary care physicians in Texas through an online local health authority (LHA) training course and continued education at annual meetings in order to close the gap in the number of counties without a LHA or health district. Includes a model for tracking LHA training for primary care physicians and lists the training core subjects.
Author(s): James Mobley, Miguel A. Zuniga
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 102(7), e21-e26
Date: 07/2012
Type: Document
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Discusses public health training for primary care physicians in Texas through an online local health authority (LHA) training course and continued education at annual meetings in order to close the gap in the number of counties without a LHA or health district. Includes a model for tracking LHA training for primary care physicians and lists the training core subjects.
Author(s): James Mobley, Miguel A. Zuniga
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 102(7), e21-e26
Date: 07/2012
Type: Document
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Electronic Health Records: Number and Characteristics of Providers Awarded Medicare Incentive Payments for 2011
Reports on Medicare electronic health record incentive payments for 2011 to hospitals and healthcare providers. Compares incentive payments by geographic location including rural/urban breakdowns, hospital type including Critical Access Hospitals, and healthcare provider specialty.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 07/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Reports on Medicare electronic health record incentive payments for 2011 to hospitals and healthcare providers. Compares incentive payments by geographic location including rural/urban breakdowns, hospital type including Critical Access Hospitals, and healthcare provider specialty.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 07/2012
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Missing the Handoff: Post-Hospitalization Follow-up Care Among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries With Diabetes
Presents findings of an analysis of urban – rural differences in 30 day post-discharge physician follow-up care for people with diabetes.
Author(s): Kevin Bennett, Janice Probst, Medha Vyavaharkar, Saundra Glover
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(3), 2097
Date: 07/2012
Type: Document
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Presents findings of an analysis of urban – rural differences in 30 day post-discharge physician follow-up care for people with diabetes.
Author(s): Kevin Bennett, Janice Probst, Medha Vyavaharkar, Saundra Glover
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(3), 2097
Date: 07/2012
Type: Document
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Innovative Primary Care Delivery in Rural Alaska: A Review of Patient Encounters Seen by Community Health Aides
Reviews outpatient visits to Community Health Aides (CHAs) and Community Health Practitioners (CHPs) from October 2004 to September 2006 to evaluate the scope of health problems seen by CHA/Ps in remote, rural Alaska to the Alaska Native population. Discusses how the program could serve as a healthcare delivery model for remote areas.
Author(s): Christine Golnick, Elvin Asay, Ellen Provost, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 71(1)
Date: 06/2012
Type: Document
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Reviews outpatient visits to Community Health Aides (CHAs) and Community Health Practitioners (CHPs) from October 2004 to September 2006 to evaluate the scope of health problems seen by CHA/Ps in remote, rural Alaska to the Alaska Native population. Discusses how the program could serve as a healthcare delivery model for remote areas.
Author(s): Christine Golnick, Elvin Asay, Ellen Provost, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 71(1)
Date: 06/2012
Type: Document
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