Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Statistics and data
Community Characteristics Associated With Health System Penetration
Examines the relationship between community-level characteristics and health system penetration. Analyzes the geographic healthcare market using 2020 Commuting Zones (CZs) and provides 2016-2023 data on health system penetration according to solo-hospital zones, multi-hospital zones, community sociodemographics, rurality, and region. Includes U.S. maps showing distribution of health system penetration by CZ in 2016 and 2023.
Author(s): Haoyu Bi, Mark Louie Ramos, Jeannette A. Rogowski, Charleen Hsuan
Citation: Medical Care Research and Review, 83(6)
Date: 09/2026
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Examines the relationship between community-level characteristics and health system penetration. Analyzes the geographic healthcare market using 2020 Commuting Zones (CZs) and provides 2016-2023 data on health system penetration according to solo-hospital zones, multi-hospital zones, community sociodemographics, rurality, and region. Includes U.S. maps showing distribution of health system penetration by CZ in 2016 and 2023.
Author(s): Haoyu Bi, Mark Louie Ramos, Jeannette A. Rogowski, Charleen Hsuan
Citation: Medical Care Research and Review, 83(6)
Date: 09/2026
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2026 Maine Healthcare Occupations Report
Data and analysis of the Maine healthcare workforce. Includes demographics and workforce distribution by county. Features numbers of healthcare workers in various occupations as of 2025 and projected need by 2034.
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Workforce Research and Information, Maine Department of Labor
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Data and analysis of the Maine healthcare workforce. Includes demographics and workforce distribution by county. Features numbers of healthcare workers in various occupations as of 2025 and projected need by 2034.
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Workforce Research and Information, Maine Department of Labor
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Tennessee Suicide Prevention 2026 Annual Report
Summarizes suicide surveillance and programmatic data collected by the Tennessee Department of Health. Identifies strategies and best practices for the prevention of deaths by suicide. Features statistics including rates of suicide among residents of rural and urban Tennessee counties in 2024.
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Summarizes suicide surveillance and programmatic data collected by the Tennessee Department of Health. Identifies strategies and best practices for the prevention of deaths by suicide. Features statistics including rates of suicide among residents of rural and urban Tennessee counties in 2024.
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Sanders Announces $54.6 Million Awarded in Rural Health Transformation Funds
Announces recipients of funding through two initiatives as part of the first year of the Arkansas Rural Health Transformation Program: Healthy Eating, Active Recreation & Transformation (HEART) and Recruitment, Innovation Skills, and Education for Arkansas (RISE AR). Describes each awarded project, its service area, and funding amount.
Additional links: List of Organization and Award Amounts - RISE AR and HEART
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: Office of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders
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Announces recipients of funding through two initiatives as part of the first year of the Arkansas Rural Health Transformation Program: Healthy Eating, Active Recreation & Transformation (HEART) and Recruitment, Innovation Skills, and Education for Arkansas (RISE AR). Describes each awarded project, its service area, and funding amount.
Additional links: List of Organization and Award Amounts - RISE AR and HEART
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: Office of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders
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Geographic Access to Triple Negative Breast Cancer Clinical Trials: Are Trials Located Near Patients?
Examines how geographic proximity to clinical trials for triple-negative breast cancer varies by county-level characteristics using September 2024 ClinicalTrials.gov data. Includes comparisons by rurality, among other demographic and geographic characteristics.
Author(s): Laura Burns Amin, M. Kelsey Kirkwood, Laura A. Levit, et al.
Citation: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 219, 22
Date: 09/2026
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Examines how geographic proximity to clinical trials for triple-negative breast cancer varies by county-level characteristics using September 2024 ClinicalTrials.gov data. Includes comparisons by rurality, among other demographic and geographic characteristics.
Author(s): Laura Burns Amin, M. Kelsey Kirkwood, Laura A. Levit, et al.
Citation: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 219, 22
Date: 09/2026
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Physician Transitions out of Clinical Practice: Age, Sex, Generational, and Specialty Effects
Analyzes licensure data to identify demographic, specialty, and geographic associations with retirement or temporary exit from clinical practice among 74,271 North Carolina physicians between 2005 and 2024.
Author(s): Erin Fraher
Citation: Health Affairs Scholar, 4(10)
Date: 09/2026
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Analyzes licensure data to identify demographic, specialty, and geographic associations with retirement or temporary exit from clinical practice among 74,271 North Carolina physicians between 2005 and 2024.
Author(s): Erin Fraher
Citation: Health Affairs Scholar, 4(10)
Date: 09/2026
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Wisconsin State Opioid Response 4 Year Two: Statewide Annual Report
Provides information on the State Opioid Response 4 (SOR-4) grant awarded in 2024 and focused on expanding access to treatment and recovery services for opioid and stimulant use disorder in Wisconsin, supporting training of peer support services, increasing the number of providers offering medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), and raising awareness related to OUD. Utilizes data from clients who completed the State Opioid Response 4 (SOR-4) GPRA Client Outcome Measures tool from 2025 to 2026 and reports on treatment needs, recovery, telehealth, and recovery housing. Compares client experiences in rural versus urban counties.
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
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Provides information on the State Opioid Response 4 (SOR-4) grant awarded in 2024 and focused on expanding access to treatment and recovery services for opioid and stimulant use disorder in Wisconsin, supporting training of peer support services, increasing the number of providers offering medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), and raising awareness related to OUD. Utilizes data from clients who completed the State Opioid Response 4 (SOR-4) GPRA Client Outcome Measures tool from 2025 to 2026 and reports on treatment needs, recovery, telehealth, and recovery housing. Compares client experiences in rural versus urban counties.
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
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Kentucky Rural Health Transformation Executed Contracts by Contract Start Date
Lists all awards and contracts executed as part of Kentucky's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Presents information on each award and contract including start and end dates, associated RHTP initiative, area development districts covered, contract amounts, and more.
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
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Lists all awards and contracts executed as part of Kentucky's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Presents information on each award and contract including start and end dates, associated RHTP initiative, area development districts covered, contract amounts, and more.
Date: 09/2026
Sponsoring organization: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
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Cannabis Assessment in Oncology Patients—Evaluation Survey: Understanding Usage Patterns in a Rural Radiation Cohort in Kentucky
Explores the use and perceptions of unprescribed medicinal cannabis among 237 adults receiving radiation therapy in Kentucky between July 2023 and February 2024. Includes comparisons by rural or urban dwelling and treatment location.
Author(s): Evans Amoah, Waleed F. Mourad, Marcus E. Randall, et al.
Citation: The Oncologist, 31(11), oyag370
Date: 09/2026
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Explores the use and perceptions of unprescribed medicinal cannabis among 237 adults receiving radiation therapy in Kentucky between July 2023 and February 2024. Includes comparisons by rural or urban dwelling and treatment location.
Author(s): Evans Amoah, Waleed F. Mourad, Marcus E. Randall, et al.
Citation: The Oncologist, 31(11), oyag370
Date: 09/2026
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Growing the Rural Physician Workforce Through Graduate Medical Education
Describes ways in which state and federal initiatives are working to expand rural medical training in North Carolina. Features statistics on physician residency programs with rural and community health center sites from 2008-2024.
Author(s): Emily M. Hawes, Mukesh Adhikari, Mark Holmes, et al.
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 87(3)
Date: 09/2026
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Describes ways in which state and federal initiatives are working to expand rural medical training in North Carolina. Features statistics on physician residency programs with rural and community health center sites from 2008-2024.
Author(s): Emily M. Hawes, Mukesh Adhikari, Mark Holmes, et al.
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 87(3)
Date: 09/2026
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