Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Statistics and data
Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Inpatient Stays for Seasonal and 2009 H1N1 Influenza, 2008-2009
Compares emergency department visits and hospitalizations for influenza in a typical year, 2008, with 2009's H1N1 pandemic. Includes data by location of the patient's residence, for urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Lori Uscher-Pines, Anne Elixhauser
Date: 01/2013
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Compares emergency department visits and hospitalizations for influenza in a typical year, 2008, with 2009's H1N1 pandemic. Includes data by location of the patient's residence, for urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Lori Uscher-Pines, Anne Elixhauser
Date: 01/2013
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Rural Residency Training for Family Medicine Physicians: Graduate Early-Career Outcomes, 2008-2012
Discusses the effectiveness of family medicine rural training track (RTT) residency programs, which train physicians for practice in rural and underserved areas.
Author(s): Davis G. Patterson, Randall Longenecker, David Schmitz, et al.
Date: 01/2013
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Discusses the effectiveness of family medicine rural training track (RTT) residency programs, which train physicians for practice in rural and underserved areas.
Author(s): Davis G. Patterson, Randall Longenecker, David Schmitz, et al.
Date: 01/2013
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet in a Rural Appalachian Food Desert
Describes predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling factors that affect eating a Mediterranean diet in a rural Appalachian food desert in Kentucky. Includes study participant characteristics, such as age, education, and household income.
Author(s): Frances Hardin-Fanning
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 13(1), 2293
Date: 01/2013
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Describes predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling factors that affect eating a Mediterranean diet in a rural Appalachian food desert in Kentucky. Includes study participant characteristics, such as age, education, and household income.
Author(s): Frances Hardin-Fanning
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 13(1), 2293
Date: 01/2013
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Internet Connectivity among Rural Alabama Veterans: Baseline Findings from the Alabama Veterans Rural Health Initiative Project
Examines rural veterans' use of the internet to access Veterans Affairs programs, by interviewing veterans who had not accessed or had never enrolled in services in rural Alabama.
Author(s): Rebecca Allen, Rosanna Guadagno, Patricia Parmelee, et al.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 13(1), 2138
Date: 01/2013
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Examines rural veterans' use of the internet to access Veterans Affairs programs, by interviewing veterans who had not accessed or had never enrolled in services in rural Alabama.
Author(s): Rebecca Allen, Rosanna Guadagno, Patricia Parmelee, et al.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 13(1), 2138
Date: 01/2013
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Enforcement of Ohio's Smoke Free Workplace Law Through the Lens of Public Health Practice
Provides a rural versus urban comparison of Ohio's public health workforce enforcing a smoke-free workplace law in Ohio to determine agency and workforce associations. Includes demographic data and county and agency characteristic data by region, jurisdiction, rural versus urban, and status of enforcement of the law.
Author(s): David Bruckman, Terry Allan, Matthew Stefanak, et al.
Citation: Public Health Reports, 128(1), 54-63
Date: 2013
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Provides a rural versus urban comparison of Ohio's public health workforce enforcing a smoke-free workplace law in Ohio to determine agency and workforce associations. Includes demographic data and county and agency characteristic data by region, jurisdiction, rural versus urban, and status of enforcement of the law.
Author(s): David Bruckman, Terry Allan, Matthew Stefanak, et al.
Citation: Public Health Reports, 128(1), 54-63
Date: 2013
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Area-Level Risk Factors for Adverse Birth Outcomes: Trends in Urban and Rural Settings
Examines whether adverse birth outcomes trends were associated with ZIP code-level percent poverty or percent African-American population, based on a study of Alabama birth records from 1990-2010. Includes data on preterm birth and low birth weight by level of rurality and population density. Includes data on adverse birth outcomes by race/ethnicity, age, education level, and payment method.
Author(s): Shia T. Kent, Leslie A. McClure, Ben F. Zaitchik, Julia M. Gohlke
Citation: BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 13, 129
Date: 2013
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Examines whether adverse birth outcomes trends were associated with ZIP code-level percent poverty or percent African-American population, based on a study of Alabama birth records from 1990-2010. Includes data on preterm birth and low birth weight by level of rurality and population density. Includes data on adverse birth outcomes by race/ethnicity, age, education level, and payment method.
Author(s): Shia T. Kent, Leslie A. McClure, Ben F. Zaitchik, Julia M. Gohlke
Citation: BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 13, 129
Date: 2013
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Geographic Accessibility and Utilization of Orthodontic Services among Medicaid Children and Adolescents
Reports the rates of Iowa children and adolescents receiving Medicaid-funded orthodontia services. Identifies geographic barriers to care and factors associated with utilization. Figure 1 illustrates the orthodontic dental service areas (DSAs) and Table 3 provides descriptive characteristics of orthodontic DSAs.
Author(s): Susan C. McKernan, Raymond A. Kuthy, Elizabeth T. Momany, et al.
Citation: Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 73(1), 56-64
Date: 2013
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Reports the rates of Iowa children and adolescents receiving Medicaid-funded orthodontia services. Identifies geographic barriers to care and factors associated with utilization. Figure 1 illustrates the orthodontic dental service areas (DSAs) and Table 3 provides descriptive characteristics of orthodontic DSAs.
Author(s): Susan C. McKernan, Raymond A. Kuthy, Elizabeth T. Momany, et al.
Citation: Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 73(1), 56-64
Date: 2013
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Prevalence of Pre-ESRD Care and Associated Outcomes among Urban, Micropolitan, and Rural Dialysis Patients
Analyzes the prevalence of pre-end stage renal disease (ESRD) care and the benefits associated with pre-ESRD care between micropolitan and rural dialysis patients compared to urban dialysis patients. Includes characteristics, pre-ESRD care goals by geographic location, and association of pre-ESRD goal and long-term outcomes by urban, micropolitan, and rural.
Author(s): Saugar Maripuri, T. Alp Ikizler, Kerri L. Cavanaugh
Citation: American Journal of Nephrology, 37(3), 274-280
Date: 2013
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Analyzes the prevalence of pre-end stage renal disease (ESRD) care and the benefits associated with pre-ESRD care between micropolitan and rural dialysis patients compared to urban dialysis patients. Includes characteristics, pre-ESRD care goals by geographic location, and association of pre-ESRD goal and long-term outcomes by urban, micropolitan, and rural.
Author(s): Saugar Maripuri, T. Alp Ikizler, Kerri L. Cavanaugh
Citation: American Journal of Nephrology, 37(3), 274-280
Date: 2013
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Federated States of Micronesia: Tracking Progress in Maternal and Child Survival
Reports on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health achievements and challenges experienced in the Federated States of Micronesia to achieve targets of the health-related Millennium Development Goals as outlined in the Federated States of Micronesia National Strategic Plan. Includes statistics on infant and maternal mortality rate trends, weight statuses of adults and young children, and drinking water and sanitation coverage with breakdowns by rural or urban status.
Date: 2013
Sponsoring organization: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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Reports on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health achievements and challenges experienced in the Federated States of Micronesia to achieve targets of the health-related Millennium Development Goals as outlined in the Federated States of Micronesia National Strategic Plan. Includes statistics on infant and maternal mortality rate trends, weight statuses of adults and young children, and drinking water and sanitation coverage with breakdowns by rural or urban status.
Date: 2013
Sponsoring organization: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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Improved Outcomes in Diabetes Care for Rural African Americans
Results of a 3-year-long intervention involving education with behavioral coaching, treatment intensification, point-of-care management, a team-care approach, and physician leadership. Includes statistics with breakdowns for various clinical parameters at baseline, 18 months, and 36 months, for intervention patients and control group patients.
Author(s): Paul Bray, Doyle M. Cummings, Susan Morrissey, et al.
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 11(2), 145-150
Date: 2013
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Results of a 3-year-long intervention involving education with behavioral coaching, treatment intensification, point-of-care management, a team-care approach, and physician leadership. Includes statistics with breakdowns for various clinical parameters at baseline, 18 months, and 36 months, for intervention patients and control group patients.
Author(s): Paul Bray, Doyle M. Cummings, Susan Morrissey, et al.
Citation: Annals of Family Medicine, 11(2), 145-150
Date: 2013
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