Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Statistics and data
Health System Interventions to Prevent Firearms Injuries and Death: Proceedings of a Workshop
Summarizes the proceedings of a workshop focused on how healthcare systems can reduce gun violence and injuries. Discusses the impact of health systems on the reduction, ways to identify high risk individuals, health system interventions, program examples, and more. Addresses rural in several chapters, including firearm homicide and suicide rates for rural and urban areas, a VA program targeting rural veterans at risk for suicide, a study of gun behavior in Alaska Native populations, and recommendations from a rural physician.
Additional links: Interactive Overview of Workshop Proceedings, Read Online
Author(s): Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Summarizes the proceedings of a workshop focused on how healthcare systems can reduce gun violence and injuries. Discusses the impact of health systems on the reduction, ways to identify high risk individuals, health system interventions, program examples, and more. Addresses rural in several chapters, including firearm homicide and suicide rates for rural and urban areas, a VA program targeting rural veterans at risk for suicide, a study of gun behavior in Alaska Native populations, and recommendations from a rural physician.
Additional links: Interactive Overview of Workshop Proceedings, Read Online
Author(s): Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Long-term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2015-2016
Describes the supply, organizational characteristics, staffing, and services offered by providers. Gives descriptions of services users, including residents of nursing homes and residential care communities, patients receiving home health or hospice care, and people who attend adult day care centers. Features statistics including distribution of long-term care providers in 2016, with breakdowns by metropolitan, micropolitan, or other area.
Additional links: State Estimates Supplement
Author(s): L. Harris-Kojetin, M. Sengupta, J.P. Lendon, et al.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Describes the supply, organizational characteristics, staffing, and services offered by providers. Gives descriptions of services users, including residents of nursing homes and residential care communities, patients receiving home health or hospice care, and people who attend adult day care centers. Features statistics including distribution of long-term care providers in 2016, with breakdowns by metropolitan, micropolitan, or other area.
Additional links: State Estimates Supplement
Author(s): L. Harris-Kojetin, M. Sengupta, J.P. Lendon, et al.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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The State of Primary Care Physician Workforce
State-level information describing the primary care physician workforce in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Features statistics including age, gender, training origin, distribution of physicians, percent of state population living in rural areas, and percent of physicians practicing in rural communities.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Graham Center
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State-level information describing the primary care physician workforce in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Features statistics including age, gender, training origin, distribution of physicians, percent of state population living in rural areas, and percent of physicians practicing in rural communities.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Graham Center
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In Rural Areas, Single-Parent Families Have Higher Poverty Rates than Families Headed by Married Couples
Bar chart showing 2007 and 2016 poverty rates for rural families with children, with data for married couples, male head of household with no spouse, female head of household with no spouse, and for all families.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Chart/Graph
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Bar chart showing 2007 and 2016 poverty rates for rural families with children, with data for married couples, male head of household with no spouse, female head of household with no spouse, and for all families.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Chart/Graph
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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QuickStats: Death Rates Attributed to Excessive Cold or Hypothermia Among Persons Aged ≥15 Years, by Urbanization Level and Age Group — National Vital Statistics System, 2015–2017
Bar chart showing metropolitan and nonmetropolitan death rates due to excessive cold or hypothermia by age range for ages 15-34, 35-54, 55-74, 75-84, and 85 and older.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 68(7), 187
Date: 02/2019
Type: Chart/Graph
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Bar chart showing metropolitan and nonmetropolitan death rates due to excessive cold or hypothermia by age range for ages 15-34, 35-54, 55-74, 75-84, and 85 and older.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 68(7), 187
Date: 02/2019
Type: Chart/Graph
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Do Hospital Closures Affect Patient Time in an Ambulance?
Examines the impact of hospital closures on patient travel time to an emergency department (ED) by ambulance. Uses national data on hospital closures and hospital-based ambulance services and compares rural/urban differences.
Author(s): SuZanne Troske, Alison Davis
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Underserved Health Research Center
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Examines the impact of hospital closures on patient travel time to an emergency department (ED) by ambulance. Uses national data on hospital closures and hospital-based ambulance services and compares rural/urban differences.
Author(s): SuZanne Troske, Alison Davis
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Underserved Health Research Center
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Rural Hospital Sustainability: New Data Show Worsening Situation for Rural Hospitals, Residents
Reports on an analysis of rural hospital financial viability. Identifies the number of hospitals by state at financial risk of closing and the number by state at high financial risk that are considered essential for community trauma access. Discusses factors affecting rural hospitals' finances and offers recommendations for policymakers and regional/academic partnerships.
Author(s): David Mosley, Daniel DeBehnke
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Navigant
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Reports on an analysis of rural hospital financial viability. Identifies the number of hospitals by state at financial risk of closing and the number by state at high financial risk that are considered essential for community trauma access. Discusses factors affecting rural hospitals' finances and offers recommendations for policymakers and regional/academic partnerships.
Author(s): David Mosley, Daniel DeBehnke
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Navigant
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Illinois Critical Access Hospitals: Exploring the Financial Impacts of the Swing Bed Program
Examines the swing bed program in 30 Illinois Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) by analyzing financial indicators, patient outcomes, and community benefits. Includes background information on the swing bed program and population data for rural Illinois. Covers demographic statistics for metro and nonmetro counties in 2010 and 2016.
Author(s): Melissa Henriksen, Brian Richard, Jeanna Ballard
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network, Northern Illinois University Center for Governmental Studies
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Examines the swing bed program in 30 Illinois Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) by analyzing financial indicators, patient outcomes, and community benefits. Includes background information on the swing bed program and population data for rural Illinois. Covers demographic statistics for metro and nonmetro counties in 2010 and 2016.
Author(s): Melissa Henriksen, Brian Richard, Jeanna Ballard
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network, Northern Illinois University Center for Governmental Studies
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Market Concentration and Potential Competition in Medicare Advantage
Examines competition among Medicare Advantage plans using county-level data on plans offered and enrollment for 2009-2017. Addresses market concentration in rural areas. Discusses the importance of plan competition to keep insurance prices down.
Author(s): Richard G. Frank, Thomas G. McGuire
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
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Examines competition among Medicare Advantage plans using county-level data on plans offered and enrollment for 2009-2017. Addresses market concentration in rural areas. Discusses the importance of plan competition to keep insurance prices down.
Author(s): Richard G. Frank, Thomas G. McGuire
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
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Rural Development Telecom Awards, 2012-17
Bar chart showing total awards and total recipients by year for USDA Rural Development telecommunications programs, with totals including the Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program, Community Connect Grant Program, and Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan and Loan Guarantee Program.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Chart/Graph
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Bar chart showing total awards and total recipients by year for USDA Rural Development telecommunications programs, with totals including the Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program, Community Connect Grant Program, and Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan and Loan Guarantee Program.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Chart/Graph
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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