Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Hospitals
Rural Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance Center
Provides technical assistance to rural hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals interested in examining the feasibility of converting to a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). Also offers support throughout the application process, planning for REH conversion, and implementing service changes.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Redesign Center
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Provides technical assistance to rural hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals interested in examining the feasibility of converting to a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). Also offers support throughout the application process, planning for REH conversion, and implementing service changes.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Redesign Center
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Estimates of Emergency Department Visits in the United States, 2016-2022
Interactive table displaying both counts and rates of emergency department visits from 2016-2022 for the 10 leading primary diagnoses and reasons for visit. Data can be stratified by patient and hospital characteristics, including being in a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) or non-MSA.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Interactive table displaying both counts and rates of emergency department visits from 2016-2022 for the 10 leading primary diagnoses and reasons for visit. Data can be stratified by patient and hospital characteristics, including being in a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) or non-MSA.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Georgia Rural Counties with Rural Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and Rural Counties without a Hospital: Rural Hospital Organization Assistance Act of 2017
County-level map showing rural Georgia counties containing a Critical Access Hospital, Rural Emergency Hospital, or other rural hospital. Also indicates rural counties containing no hospital.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Georgia State Office of Rural Health
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County-level map showing rural Georgia counties containing a Critical Access Hospital, Rural Emergency Hospital, or other rural hospital. Also indicates rural counties containing no hospital.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Georgia State Office of Rural Health
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Disaster Available Supplies in Hospitals (DASH)
Interactive tool designed to help hospital emergency planners and supply chain staff estimate supplies that may need to be available immediately during mass casualty incidents and infectious disease emergencies, based on hospital characteristics. Comprises four modules which can provide hospitals a holistic view of the supplies needed to address various types of incidents.
Type: Tool
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
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Interactive tool designed to help hospital emergency planners and supply chain staff estimate supplies that may need to be available immediately during mass casualty incidents and infectious disease emergencies, based on hospital characteristics. Comprises four modules which can provide hospitals a holistic view of the supplies needed to address various types of incidents.
Type: Tool
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
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Iowa Hospital Total Facility Utilization Data
Provides information on Iowa hospital utilization from the past two years of data. Reports on Critical Access Hospitals, rural hospitals, rural referral hospitals, urban hospitals, VA hospitals, and other hospitals. Includes data such as swing bed admissions, surgeries, financials, and more.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Hospital Association
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Provides information on Iowa hospital utilization from the past two years of data. Reports on Critical Access Hospitals, rural hospitals, rural referral hospitals, urban hospitals, VA hospitals, and other hospitals. Includes data such as swing bed admissions, surgeries, financials, and more.
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Iowa Hospital Association
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Quality Time: Sharing PIE
Podcast series featuring quarterly episodes on Critical Access Hospital (CAH) performance improvement experiences.
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: Stratis Health
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Podcast series featuring quarterly episodes on Critical Access Hospital (CAH) performance improvement experiences.
Type: Audio
Sponsoring organization: Stratis Health
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Rural Disaster Health TA Responses
Examples of technical assistance (TA) requests related to rural health disasters, as addressed by the Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE). Includes links to resources on how healthcare facilities can apply for grant and funding assistance, hospital emergency operations plans, and discussion of how rural areas can prepare for and manage residents who test positive for COVID-19.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
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Examples of technical assistance (TA) requests related to rural health disasters, as addressed by the Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE). Includes links to resources on how healthcare facilities can apply for grant and funding assistance, hospital emergency operations plans, and discussion of how rural areas can prepare for and manage residents who test positive for COVID-19.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
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Medicare Learning Network: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
Provides general information about the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS). Includes information about payment rates, Ambulatory Payment Classification groups, price transparency, and more.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Provides general information about the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS). Includes information about payment rates, Ambulatory Payment Classification groups, price transparency, and more.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Medicare Learning Network: Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System
Provides general information about the Medicare Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS). Includes information on Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSHs), Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs), Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDHs), the Rural Referral Center (RRC) Program, and Low-Volume Hospitals (LVH).
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Provides general information about the Medicare Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS). Includes information on Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSHs), Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs), Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDHs), the Rural Referral Center (RRC) Program, and Low-Volume Hospitals (LVH).
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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AHA Hospital Statistics
Interactive dashboard providing data from the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey. Includes data on historical trends in hospital utilization, personnel, and finances, as well as data on hospitals by bed size category, U.S. Census region, state, and metropolitan statistical area.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Interactive dashboard providing data from the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey. Includes data on historical trends in hospital utilization, personnel, and finances, as well as data on hospitals by bed size category, U.S. Census region, state, and metropolitan statistical area.
Type: Database
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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