Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare facilities
340B Drug Pricing Program: Results of a Survey of Participating Hospitals
Presents the results of a survey of pharmacy directors at rural hospitals buying discounted outpatient drugs through the 340B program. The purpose was to understand the perspectives of pharmacy directors on the 340B program in general, the financial impact of the program, and which specific program features presented barriers to its broader implementation.
Author(s): Claudia Schur, Karen Cheung, Andrea Radford, Rebecca Slifkin, Marianne Baernholdt
Date: 05/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Presents the results of a survey of pharmacy directors at rural hospitals buying discounted outpatient drugs through the 340B program. The purpose was to understand the perspectives of pharmacy directors on the 340B program in general, the financial impact of the program, and which specific program features presented barriers to its broader implementation.
Author(s): Claudia Schur, Karen Cheung, Andrea Radford, Rebecca Slifkin, Marianne Baernholdt
Date: 05/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Myocardial Infarction Mortality in Rural and Urban Hospitals: Rethinking Measures of Quality of Care
Compares outcomes for patients treated at rural and urban Iowa hospitals after experiencing a heart attack, using an alternate approach to measuring quality of care.
Author(s): Paul A. James, Pengxiang Li, Marcia M. Ward
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 5(2), 105-111
Date: 04/2007
Type: Document
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Compares outcomes for patients treated at rural and urban Iowa hospitals after experiencing a heart attack, using an alternate approach to measuring quality of care.
Author(s): Paul A. James, Pengxiang Li, Marcia M. Ward
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 5(2), 105-111
Date: 04/2007
Type: Document
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Why Are Fewer Hospitals in the Delivery Business?
Examines the declining availability of hospital-based obstetric services in rural areas from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s. Examines potential causes for this trend and explores the effects of medical malpractice reforms.
Author(s): Lan Zhao
Date: 04/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Examines the declining availability of hospital-based obstetric services in rural areas from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s. Examines potential causes for this trend and explores the effects of medical malpractice reforms.
Author(s): Lan Zhao
Date: 04/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Critical Access Hospital Year 2 Hospital Compare Participation and Quality Measure Results
Examines the second year participation and quality measure results for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare public reporting database for hospital quality measures.
Additional links: Policy Brief, May 2007
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Michele Burlew, Ira Moscovice
Date: 04/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Examines the second year participation and quality measure results for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare public reporting database for hospital quality measures.
Additional links: Policy Brief, May 2007
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Michele Burlew, Ira Moscovice
Date: 04/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Small, Stand-Alone, and Struggling: The Adoption of Health Information Technology by Rural Hospitals
Reports findings from a national survey of rural hospitals designed to investigate how differences among the hospitals affect their implementation of health IT.
Author(s): Julie A. Schoenman
Date: 04/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Reports findings from a national survey of rural hospitals designed to investigate how differences among the hospitals affect their implementation of health IT.
Author(s): Julie A. Schoenman
Date: 04/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Health Center Expansion and Recruitment Survey 2004: Results by Health and Human Services Regions and Health Center Geography
Reports findings from the national study of health center staffing, recruitment, and retention. Provides information by HHS region, urban and rural geography, and national overall estimates. Includes 118 graphs of selected survey results.
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, L. Gary Hart
Date: 03/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Reports findings from the national study of health center staffing, recruitment, and retention. Provides information by HHS region, urban and rural geography, and national overall estimates. Includes 118 graphs of selected survey results.
Author(s): C. Holly A. Andrilla, L. Gary Hart
Date: 03/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Rural Hospital Emergency Department Quality Measures: Aggregate Data Report
Reports findings from a project that tested emergency department quality measures in a voluntary sample of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in Washington State.
Author(s): Jill Klingner, Ira Moscovice
Date: 03/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Reports findings from a project that tested emergency department quality measures in a voluntary sample of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in Washington State.
Author(s): Jill Klingner, Ira Moscovice
Date: 03/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Closures of Hospital-Based SNF Units: Insights from Interviews with Administrators, Discharge Planners and Referring Physicians
Reports on interviews with officials at fifteen acute care hospitals with Medicare skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in 1998, some of which were still open and some of which had closed. Addresses the reasons, and consequences, of hospitals' decisions to close SNF units. The study included hospitals in urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Korbin Liu, Emily Jones, Urban Institute
Date: 03/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Reports on interviews with officials at fifteen acute care hospitals with Medicare skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in 1998, some of which were still open and some of which had closed. Addresses the reasons, and consequences, of hospitals' decisions to close SNF units. The study included hospitals in urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Korbin Liu, Emily Jones, Urban Institute
Date: 03/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2007
Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Discussions of rural aspects of Medicare payment policies are included throughout the report.
Date: 03/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Discussions of rural aspects of Medicare payment policies are included throughout the report.
Date: 03/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Hospital Size, Uncertainty and Pay-for-Performance
Describes the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID). Describes methods to factor hospital size into appropriately ranking pay-for-performance results. Discusses policy implications of including small, rural hospitals in pay-for-performance programs that use ranking to identify quality.
Additional links: Policy Brief: Does Hospital Size Affect Our Ability to Accurately Identify High Quality Care in Pay-for-Performance Programs?, May 2007
Author(s): Gestur Davidson, Ira Moscovice, Denise Remus
Date: 02/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Describes the Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration (HQID). Describes methods to factor hospital size into appropriately ranking pay-for-performance results. Discusses policy implications of including small, rural hospitals in pay-for-performance programs that use ranking to identify quality.
Additional links: Policy Brief: Does Hospital Size Affect Our Ability to Accurately Identify High Quality Care in Pay-for-Performance Programs?, May 2007
Author(s): Gestur Davidson, Ira Moscovice, Denise Remus
Date: 02/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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