Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare needs and services
National Rural Health Policy: Recommendations from the First Eight Years of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health
Summarizes activities and accomplishments of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health from 1988-1996. Includes chapters on health workforce, Medicare payment policy, special needs of rural populations, and issues impacting rural health which the committee may address in the future.
Date: 01/1997
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Summarizes activities and accomplishments of the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health from 1988-1996. Includes chapters on health workforce, Medicare payment policy, special needs of rural populations, and issues impacting rural health which the committee may address in the future.
Date: 01/1997
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Medical Assistance Facilities: A Demonstration Program to Provide Access to Health Care in Frontier Communities
Describes the Health Care Financing Administration's Medical Assistance Facility (MAF) demonstration program, which aimed to preserve healthcare access in frontier areas of Montana by converting full-service hospitals into low-intensity, short-stay healthcare service centers. Examines the impact of the program on access to inpatient care.
Date: 07/1993
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Describes the Health Care Financing Administration's Medical Assistance Facility (MAF) demonstration program, which aimed to preserve healthcare access in frontier areas of Montana by converting full-service hospitals into low-intensity, short-stay healthcare service centers. Examines the impact of the program on access to inpatient care.
Date: 07/1993
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Texas Health Insights Dashboard
Dashboard providing county-level data on demographics, access to care, health needs and outcomes, non-medical drivers of health, and health risk and protective factors in Texas.
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health Institute
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Dashboard providing county-level data on demographics, access to care, health needs and outcomes, non-medical drivers of health, and health risk and protective factors in Texas.
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health Institute
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Financing and Sustaining Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care Settings Toolkit
Interactive toolkit aims to help primary care providers build and maintain financially sustainable integrated behavioral health (IBH) models into their practices. Highlights models for creating funding streams that can sustain IBH models. Provides substance use resources, a literature collection, and case studies, among other resources, to support IBH program planning and implementation.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Interactive toolkit aims to help primary care providers build and maintain financially sustainable integrated behavioral health (IBH) models into their practices. Highlights models for creating funding streams that can sustain IBH models. Provides substance use resources, a literature collection, and case studies, among other resources, to support IBH program planning and implementation.
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Nursing Facilities in Rural Areas
Offers a group of data tables comparing rural and urban data at the state level for a variety of distribution, payer, ownership, quality, and nurse workforce staffing indicators in certified nursing facilities. Data available annually between 2015 and 2025.
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Offers a group of data tables comparing rural and urban data at the state level for a variety of distribution, payer, ownership, quality, and nurse workforce staffing indicators in certified nursing facilities. Data available annually between 2015 and 2025.
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Financial Hardship And Children's Mental Health
Examines the mental health risks associated with children experiencing financial hardship and poverty. Provides county-level rates of poverty in Wisconsin and rural and urban percentage of Wisconsin children utilizing Medicaid. Offers family, community, and policy solutions for childhood financial stress.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health
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Examines the mental health risks associated with children experiencing financial hardship and poverty. Provides county-level rates of poverty in Wisconsin and rural and urban percentage of Wisconsin children utilizing Medicaid. Offers family, community, and policy solutions for childhood financial stress.
Sponsoring organization: Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health
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SAMHSA: Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center
Collects reports detailing evidence-based practices for prevention, treatment, and recovery support for mental health and substance used disorders. Provides information and tools for behavioral health providers, communities, and policy-makers. Allows users to filter resources by health conditions, substances, and population group, such as American Indian and/or Alaska Natives, among others.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Collects reports detailing evidence-based practices for prevention, treatment, and recovery support for mental health and substance used disorders. Provides information and tools for behavioral health providers, communities, and policy-makers. Allows users to filter resources by health conditions, substances, and population group, such as American Indian and/or Alaska Natives, among others.
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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UVM CORA Co-Occurring PTSD and OUD Toolkit
Toolkit provides evidence-based assessments, treatment and training materials, and educational resources for behavioral health professionals providing care to rural people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and opioid use disorder (OUD). Discusses the challenges of treating OUD with co-occurring PTSD and highlights strategies for assessment, counseling, and/or referrals.
Sponsoring organization: University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction
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Toolkit provides evidence-based assessments, treatment and training materials, and educational resources for behavioral health professionals providing care to rural people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and opioid use disorder (OUD). Discusses the challenges of treating OUD with co-occurring PTSD and highlights strategies for assessment, counseling, and/or referrals.
Sponsoring organization: University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction
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Rural Data Analysis Dashboard: A Comparative Analysis of Health Data for the New England Region
Highlights areas in which health and health-related statistics in rural areas of New England differ from those in nonrural areas. Organizes county-level data into rural tiers, allowing users to make rural comparisons between similarly classified areas across the region. Presents data elements in an interactive interface, using both a map/chart display and a tabular summary.
Sponsoring organization: New England Rural Health Association
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Highlights areas in which health and health-related statistics in rural areas of New England differ from those in nonrural areas. Organizes county-level data into rural tiers, allowing users to make rural comparisons between similarly classified areas across the region. Presents data elements in an interactive interface, using both a map/chart display and a tabular summary.
Sponsoring organization: New England Rural Health Association
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Arizona Center for Rural Health (AzCRH) Program and Policy Summaries
Provides summaries and fact sheets on the Arizona Center for Rural Health's initiatives and policies addressing rural health needs in the state, including the Arizona State Office of Rural Health, Arizona Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (AzFlex), Arizona Small Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP), Rural Health Professions Program, and other programs and technical assistance opportunities related to health workforce data, overdose prevention and response, rural maternity care, and graduate medical education.
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Provides summaries and fact sheets on the Arizona Center for Rural Health's initiatives and policies addressing rural health needs in the state, including the Arizona State Office of Rural Health, Arizona Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (AzFlex), Arizona Small Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP), Rural Health Professions Program, and other programs and technical assistance opportunities related to health workforce data, overdose prevention and response, rural maternity care, and graduate medical education.
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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