Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Statistics and data
Change in Profitability and Financial Distress of Critical Access Hospitals from Loss of Cost-Based Reimbursement
Examines how proposed changes to Critical Access Hospital (CAH) cost-based reimbursement would affect the financial vulnerability of CAHs. Uses models to forecast the financial impact of 20 and 30 percent reductions in Medicare revenue, and the resulting implications for rural healthcare access.
Author(s): Mark Holmes, George H. Pink
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Examines how proposed changes to Critical Access Hospital (CAH) cost-based reimbursement would affect the financial vulnerability of CAHs. Uses models to forecast the financial impact of 20 and 30 percent reductions in Medicare revenue, and the resulting implications for rural healthcare access.
Author(s): Mark Holmes, George H. Pink
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Implications for Beneficiary Travel Time if Financially-Vulnerable Critical Access Hospitals Close
Examines potential increases in beneficiary travel times and distances if financially-vulnerable Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) close. Analysis is based on a review of 93 CAHs identified as financially-vulnerable and likely to close if reimbursement methods or eligibility requirements change.
Author(s): Victoria A. Freeman, Randy K. Randolph, George Pink, Mark Holmes
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Examines potential increases in beneficiary travel times and distances if financially-vulnerable Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) close. Analysis is based on a review of 93 CAHs identified as financially-vulnerable and likely to close if reimbursement methods or eligibility requirements change.
Author(s): Victoria A. Freeman, Randy K. Randolph, George Pink, Mark Holmes
Date: 12/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Helping Primary Care Practices Attain Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition Through Collaboration With a University
Evaluates a model supporting rural primary care practices during their development to achieve recognition as a National Center for Quality Assurance patient-centered medical home (PCMH). This model was a collaboration between Community Care of North Carolina and Appalachian State University's College of Health Sciences where undergraduate healthcare management and preprofessional students were guided by the PCMH team to work directly with the practices.
Author(s): Sandi J. Lane, R.W. "Chip" Watkins
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 26(6), 784-786
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Evaluates a model supporting rural primary care practices during their development to achieve recognition as a National Center for Quality Assurance patient-centered medical home (PCMH). This model was a collaboration between Community Care of North Carolina and Appalachian State University's College of Health Sciences where undergraduate healthcare management and preprofessional students were guided by the PCMH team to work directly with the practices.
Author(s): Sandi J. Lane, R.W. "Chip" Watkins
Citation: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 26(6), 784-786
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Engaging and Retaining Abused Women in Perinatal Home Visitation Programs
An overview of the Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Program (DOVE), a multistate longitudinal study testing the effectiveness of intimate partner violence (IPV) programs in rural and urban settings that identify and retain abused pregnant women in perinatal home visiting programs.
Author(s): Phyllis Sharps, Jeanne L. Alhusen, Linda Bullock, et al.
Citation: Pediatrics, 32(Suppl 2), 134-139
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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An overview of the Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Program (DOVE), a multistate longitudinal study testing the effectiveness of intimate partner violence (IPV) programs in rural and urban settings that identify and retain abused pregnant women in perinatal home visiting programs.
Author(s): Phyllis Sharps, Jeanne L. Alhusen, Linda Bullock, et al.
Citation: Pediatrics, 32(Suppl 2), 134-139
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Testing to Prevent Colon Cancer: Results from a Rural Community Intervention
Examines the use of a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to learn about how vulnerable individuals, with public or no insurance and low-incomes, in rural North Carolina value different aspects of colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings. Includes statistics on DCE participants, such as race/ethnicity, education, income, employment, insurance, assistance needed with written materials, and agreement on CRC screening attributes.
Author(s): John M. Westfall, Linda Zittleman, Christin Sutter, et al.
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 11(6), 500-507
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Examines the use of a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to learn about how vulnerable individuals, with public or no insurance and low-incomes, in rural North Carolina value different aspects of colorectal cancer (CRC) screenings. Includes statistics on DCE participants, such as race/ethnicity, education, income, employment, insurance, assistance needed with written materials, and agreement on CRC screening attributes.
Author(s): John M. Westfall, Linda Zittleman, Christin Sutter, et al.
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 11(6), 500-507
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Extreme Binge Drinking Among 12th-Grade Students in the U.S.: Prevalence and Predictors
Analyzes the frequency and predictors of binge drinking and extreme binge drinking by 12th graders in rural and urban areas of the U.S.
Author(s): Megan E. Patrick, John E. Schulenberg, Meghan E. Martz, et al.
Citation: JAMA Pediatrics, 167(11), 1019-25
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Analyzes the frequency and predictors of binge drinking and extreme binge drinking by 12th graders in rural and urban areas of the U.S.
Author(s): Megan E. Patrick, John E. Schulenberg, Meghan E. Martz, et al.
Citation: JAMA Pediatrics, 167(11), 1019-25
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Risky Sex in Rural America: Longitudinal Changes in a Community-Based Cohort of Methamphetamine and Cocaine Users
Analyzes the relationship between stimulant use and sexual behavior in a community-based study of rural users in select counties in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Ohio.
Author(s): Tyrone F. Borders, Katharine E. Stewart, Patricia B. Wright
Citation: American Journal on Addictions, 22(6), 535-542
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Analyzes the relationship between stimulant use and sexual behavior in a community-based study of rural users in select counties in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Ohio.
Author(s): Tyrone F. Borders, Katharine E. Stewart, Patricia B. Wright
Citation: American Journal on Addictions, 22(6), 535-542
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
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Emergency Department Visits for Adults with Diabetes, 2010
Provides data on emergency department (ED) visits among patients 18 years or older with diabetes. Table 1 provides data by location of patients' residence, urban or rural, for ED visits overall, those resulting in hospitalization, and those resulting in treatment and release.
Author(s): Raynard E. Washington, Roxanne M. Andrews, Ryan Mutter
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Provides data on emergency department (ED) visits among patients 18 years or older with diabetes. Table 1 provides data by location of patients' residence, urban or rural, for ED visits overall, those resulting in hospitalization, and those resulting in treatment and release.
Author(s): Raynard E. Washington, Roxanne M. Andrews, Ryan Mutter
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Ancel Keys Lecture: Adventures (and Misadventures) in Understanding (and Reducing) Disparities in Stroke Mortality
Discusses the racial and geographic disparities in stroke mortality in the U.S. with a goal of determining which intervention methods will best reduce disparities.
Author(s): George Howard
Citation: Stroke, 44(11), 3254-3259
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Discusses the racial and geographic disparities in stroke mortality in the U.S. with a goal of determining which intervention methods will best reduce disparities.
Author(s): George Howard
Citation: Stroke, 44(11), 3254-3259
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Understanding Adoption of a Personal Health Record in Rural Health Care Clinics: Revealing Barriers and Facilitators of Adoption Including Attributions about Potential Patient Portal Users and Self-reported Characteristics of Early Adopting Users
Examines patient survey data from Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) comparing patients who are early adopters of personal health records (PHRs) to those who do not use PHRs to understand clinic level barriers to PHR adoption. Provides information on staff perceptions of newly introduced PHR.
Author(s): Jorie Butler, Marjorie Carter, Candace Hayden, et al.
Citation: AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings Archive, 2013, 152-161
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Medical Informatics Association
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Examines patient survey data from Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) comparing patients who are early adopters of personal health records (PHRs) to those who do not use PHRs to understand clinic level barriers to PHR adoption. Provides information on staff perceptions of newly introduced PHR.
Author(s): Jorie Butler, Marjorie Carter, Candace Hayden, et al.
Citation: AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings Archive, 2013, 152-161
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Medical Informatics Association
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