Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Statistics and data
Alabama Health Professional Shortage Areas - Primary Care
County-level map with shadings showing geographic and low-income Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Alabama.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Department of Public Health
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County-level map with shadings showing geographic and low-income Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Alabama.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Department of Public Health
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Alabama Health Professional Shortage Areas - Mental Health
County-level map with shadings showing geographic and low-income Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Alabama.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Department of Public Health
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County-level map with shadings showing geographic and low-income Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Alabama.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Department of Public Health
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A Picture of the Loss of Rural Obstetrical Service in Alabama 1980 to 2024
County-level maps showing counties with hospitals offering obstetrical service in 1980 and those offering service as of May 2024.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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County-level maps showing counties with hospitals offering obstetrical service in 1980 and those offering service as of May 2024.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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Barriers to Buprenorphine Dispensing by Medicaid-Participating Community Retail Pharmacies
Analyzes rates at which pharmacies dispensing opioids also dispensed buprenorphine, utilizing 2016-2019 Medicaid claims data. Includes year-by-year comparisons of clinics by patient volume and rural or urban location.
Author(s): Patricia R. Freeman, Lindsey R. Hammerslag, Katherine A. Ahrens, et al.
Citation: JAMA Health Forum, 5(5), e241077
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
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Analyzes rates at which pharmacies dispensing opioids also dispensed buprenorphine, utilizing 2016-2019 Medicaid claims data. Includes year-by-year comparisons of clinics by patient volume and rural or urban location.
Author(s): Patricia R. Freeman, Lindsey R. Hammerslag, Katherine A. Ahrens, et al.
Citation: JAMA Health Forum, 5(5), e241077
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
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State of the U.S. Health Care Workforce, 2023
Offers demographic data on a variety of health professions using 2021 data. Examines distribution, education and licensing, and projected shortages for the physician, nursing, and oral health fields. Describes challenges contributing to health workforce shortages. Highlights nonmetropolitan workforce shortages and state by state comparison of physician distribution.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Offers demographic data on a variety of health professions using 2021 data. Examines distribution, education and licensing, and projected shortages for the physician, nursing, and oral health fields. Describes challenges contributing to health workforce shortages. Highlights nonmetropolitan workforce shortages and state by state comparison of physician distribution.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Tele-Behavioral Health Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries During COVID-19
Explores whether tele-behavioral healthcare was able to meet the demand for behavioral healthcare during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Examines behavioral healthcare and tele-behavioral healthcare use among Medicare beneficiaries in 2019 and 2020 by type of service and beneficiary characteristics, including urban and rural residence.
Author(s): Laura Jacobus-Kantor, Judith Dey, Emma Nye, et al.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Explores whether tele-behavioral healthcare was able to meet the demand for behavioral healthcare during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Examines behavioral healthcare and tele-behavioral healthcare use among Medicare beneficiaries in 2019 and 2020 by type of service and beneficiary characteristics, including urban and rural residence.
Author(s): Laura Jacobus-Kantor, Judith Dey, Emma Nye, et al.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Rural/Urban Differences in Housing Quality and Adequacy: Findings from the American Housing Survey, 2019
Explores rural and urban differences in various measures of housing quality affecting health outcomes, using a nationally representative survey. Features statistics on housing adequacy; heating, electrical, plumbing, and building conditions; and presence of mold and pests, with breakdowns by rural, urban, and urbanized housing units.
Author(s): Hawking Yam, Alexis Swendener, Mariana Tuttle, Madeleine Pick, Carrie Henning-Smith
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Explores rural and urban differences in various measures of housing quality affecting health outcomes, using a nationally representative survey. Features statistics on housing adequacy; heating, electrical, plumbing, and building conditions; and presence of mold and pests, with breakdowns by rural, urban, and urbanized housing units.
Author(s): Hawking Yam, Alexis Swendener, Mariana Tuttle, Madeleine Pick, Carrie Henning-Smith
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Annual Report To the Congress of the United States On Sanitation Deficiency Levels for Indian Homes and Communities: Fiscal Year 2022
Reports on sanitation deficiencies in tribal communities and describes efforts and priorities of the Indian Health Service to improve tribal water, sewer, and solid waste infrastructure. Includes data on estimated costs to address sanitation deficiencies, estimated health impacts, and healthcare costs avoided by infrastructure investment.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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Reports on sanitation deficiencies in tribal communities and describes efforts and priorities of the Indian Health Service to improve tribal water, sewer, and solid waste infrastructure. Includes data on estimated costs to address sanitation deficiencies, estimated health impacts, and healthcare costs avoided by infrastructure investment.
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Indian Health Service
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How Ohio Public Library Systems Respond to Opioid-Related Substance Use: A Descriptive Analysis of Survey Results
Reports on measures to deter substance use and prevent overdose in 56 Ohio public library systems, with comparisons of rural, town, suburban, and city library systems. Includes data on evidence of opioid use, response measures, and capacity to respond to opioid use.
Author(s): Patrick M. Schnell, Ruochen Zhao, Sydney Schoenbeck, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 24, 1336
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
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Reports on measures to deter substance use and prevent overdose in 56 Ohio public library systems, with comparisons of rural, town, suburban, and city library systems. Includes data on evidence of opioid use, response measures, and capacity to respond to opioid use.
Author(s): Patrick M. Schnell, Ruochen Zhao, Sydney Schoenbeck, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 24, 1336
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
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Regional and Rural-Urban Patterns in the Prevalence of Diagnosed Hypertension among Older U.S. Adults with Diabetes, 2005–2017
Explores trends in the prevalence of diagnosed hypertension among Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes across four geographic regions between 2005 and 2017. Examines Medicare administrative claims data to describe sociodemographic characteristics of the sampled beneficiaries with diabetes. Uses the 2013 CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) classification scheme to compare the age-adjusted prevalence of hypertension in each region over time by rurality.
Author(s): Jalal Uddin, Sha Zhu, Gargya Malla, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 24, 24, 1326
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
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Explores trends in the prevalence of diagnosed hypertension among Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes across four geographic regions between 2005 and 2017. Examines Medicare administrative claims data to describe sociodemographic characteristics of the sampled beneficiaries with diabetes. Uses the 2013 CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) classification scheme to compare the age-adjusted prevalence of hypertension in each region over time by rurality.
Author(s): Jalal Uddin, Sha Zhu, Gargya Malla, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 24, 24, 1326
Date: 05/2024
Type: Document
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