Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Statistics and data
Health Services Research Special Issue - Putting Patients First: Today's Disparity Research Leading to Health Equity Tomorrow
Special issue including articles on chronic disease in rural areas compared with urban areas, the connection between all-cause hospitalizations and residence in rural food swamps, patient experience across racial and ethnic groups and geographic areas, access to healthcare, and the impact on rural areas where Medicaid was not expanded under the Affordable Care Act. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural locations.
Citation: Health Services Research, 54(1), Part II
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Special issue including articles on chronic disease in rural areas compared with urban areas, the connection between all-cause hospitalizations and residence in rural food swamps, patient experience across racial and ethnic groups and geographic areas, access to healthcare, and the impact on rural areas where Medicaid was not expanded under the Affordable Care Act. Features statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural locations.
Citation: Health Services Research, 54(1), Part II
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Biting Into Food Access: A View of Nebraska's Food System
Provides an overview of food access and food systems in Nebraska. Discusses opportunities to collaborate with rural grocery stores. Provides a map of food deserts by rural and urban census tracts and a county-level map of community gardens in Nebraska.
Author(s): Megan McGuffey, Sandra Renner
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Affairs
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Provides an overview of food access and food systems in Nebraska. Discusses opportunities to collaborate with rural grocery stores. Provides a map of food deserts by rural and urban census tracts and a county-level map of community gardens in Nebraska.
Author(s): Megan McGuffey, Sandra Renner
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Affairs
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Premature Mortality from All Causes and Drug Poisonings in the USA According to Socioeconomic Status and Rurality: An Analysis of Death Certificate Data by County from 2000–15
Examines premature deaths from drug poisoning versus all causes by county for various groups of people. Addresses differences by rural/urban location, socioeconomic status, education level, and sex, among other measures. See additional link for detailed tables.
Additional links: Supplementary Appendix
Author(s): Meredith S. Shiels, Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, Ana F. Best, et al.
Citation: The Lancet, 4(2), e97-e106
Date: 02/2019
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Examines premature deaths from drug poisoning versus all causes by county for various groups of people. Addresses differences by rural/urban location, socioeconomic status, education level, and sex, among other measures. See additional link for detailed tables.
Additional links: Supplementary Appendix
Author(s): Meredith S. Shiels, Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, Ana F. Best, et al.
Citation: The Lancet, 4(2), e97-e106
Date: 02/2019
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Meeting the Demand for Health: Final Report of the California Future Health Workforce Commission
Provides actionable recommendations for developing California's health workforce, addressing rural throughout. Discusses the state's population health, current health workforce challenges, healthcare delivery transformation, and more. The commission was convened by major health philanthropies to develop a comprehensive California health workforce strategy and was composed of state leaders in health, policy, education, and workforce development.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: California Future Health Workforce Commission
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Provides actionable recommendations for developing California's health workforce, addressing rural throughout. Discusses the state's population health, current health workforce challenges, healthcare delivery transformation, and more. The commission was convened by major health philanthropies to develop a comprehensive California health workforce strategy and was composed of state leaders in health, policy, education, and workforce development.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: California Future Health Workforce Commission
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School Meals Programs and Other USDA Child Nutrition Programs: A Primer
Describes how federal child nutrition programs operate under current law, including eligibility rules, participation, and funding. Features statistics including reimbursement rates with breakdowns by rural or urban locations.
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Congressional Research Service
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Describes how federal child nutrition programs operate under current law, including eligibility rules, participation, and funding. Features statistics including reimbursement rates with breakdowns by rural or urban locations.
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Congressional Research Service
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A Profile of New Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physicians: Results from the Survey of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellows Who Completed Training in 2018
Presents results of a survey of 147 physicians who completed training in hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) in 2018. Covers fellows' demographics, prior medical training and experience, fellowship experience, post-training practice, and the HPM job market. Includes information on the intent to practice in rural and semi-rural locations and mean income by practice setting.
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organizations: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, George Washington University Health Workforce Institute
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Presents results of a survey of 147 physicians who completed training in hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) in 2018. Covers fellows' demographics, prior medical training and experience, fellowship experience, post-training practice, and the HPM job market. Includes information on the intent to practice in rural and semi-rural locations and mean income by practice setting.
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organizations: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, George Washington University Health Workforce Institute
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Disability in America: Out of the Labor Force with a Disability (2017)
Displays the rate of adults 18 to 64 years old with a disability who are out of the labor force by county using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Displays the rate of adults 18 to 64 years old with a disability who are out of the labor force by county using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Disability in America: Unemployed with a Disability (2017)
Displays the unemployment rates among adults 18 to 64 years old with a disability on the county level using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Displays the unemployment rates among adults 18 to 64 years old with a disability on the county level using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Disability in America: Employed with a Disability (2017)
Displays the employment rates among adults 18 to 64 years old with a disability on the county level using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Displays the employment rates among adults 18 to 64 years old with a disability on the county level using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Disability in America: People with a Disability - Male (2017)
Displays disability rates among males on the county level using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Displays disability rates among males on the county level using data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS).
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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