Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Uninsured and underinsured
Testing to Prevent Colon Cancer: Results from a Rural Community Intervention
Examines the use of a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to learn about how 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 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
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Examines the use of a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to learn about how 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 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
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Changes in the Healthcare Safety Net 1992-2003: Disparities in Access for Uninsured Persons in Florida
Discusses how the closing of safety net hospitals or conversion from a public or nonprofit to a for-profit status and the increase in community health centers affected access to care for urban and rural uninsured in Florida. Provides patient statistics by time period for race/ethnicity, age group, sex, safety net events, and more.
Author(s): Tzy-Mey Kuo, Lee R. Mobley, Gloria J. Bazzoli
Citation: International Journal of Health Services, 43(3), 551-566
Date: 2013
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Discusses how the closing of safety net hospitals or conversion from a public or nonprofit to a for-profit status and the increase in community health centers affected access to care for urban and rural uninsured in Florida. Provides patient statistics by time period for race/ethnicity, age group, sex, safety net events, and more.
Author(s): Tzy-Mey Kuo, Lee R. Mobley, Gloria J. Bazzoli
Citation: International Journal of Health Services, 43(3), 551-566
Date: 2013
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Health Risk Behaviors in Insured and Uninsured Community Health Center Patients in the Rural US South
Examines the most common risk-taking behaviors of rural patients of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and if risk-taking behaviors vary between insured and uninsured patients.
Author(s): K. Bryant Smalley, Jacob Warren, Jeffrey Klibert
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(4), 2123
Date: 10/2012
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Examines the most common risk-taking behaviors of rural patients of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and if risk-taking behaviors vary between insured and uninsured patients.
Author(s): K. Bryant Smalley, Jacob Warren, Jeffrey Klibert
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 12(4), 2123
Date: 10/2012
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Increasing Access to Oral Health Care for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Rural Oregon
Describes a program, Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative, that works to expand oral healthcare services to individuals living with HIV/AIDS in rural Oregon through collaboration with a dental hygiene school and a dental case manager to help provide access to services. Includes service delivery activities and descriptive roles for each provider.
Author(s): Jill Jones, Mahyar Mofidi, Helene Bednarsh, Alan Gambrell, Carol R. Tobias
Citation: Public Health Reports, 17(Suppl 2), 65-72
Date: 2012
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Describes a program, Innovations in Oral Health Care Initiative, that works to expand oral healthcare services to individuals living with HIV/AIDS in rural Oregon through collaboration with a dental hygiene school and a dental case manager to help provide access to services. Includes service delivery activities and descriptive roles for each provider.
Author(s): Jill Jones, Mahyar Mofidi, Helene Bednarsh, Alan Gambrell, Carol R. Tobias
Citation: Public Health Reports, 17(Suppl 2), 65-72
Date: 2012
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Health Care Access and Use Among the Rural Uninsured
Examines access to care and service use among non-elderly, uninsured rural and urban residents compared to each other and to their insured counterparts.
Author(s): Erika C. Ziller, Jennifer D. Lenardson, Andrew F. Coburn
Date: 11/2011
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Examines access to care and service use among non-elderly, uninsured rural and urban residents compared to each other and to their insured counterparts.
Author(s): Erika C. Ziller, Jennifer D. Lenardson, Andrew F. Coburn
Date: 11/2011
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010
Annual report presenting data from the Current Population Survey, and providing information on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the U.S. Includes comparisons for metropolitan and non-metropolitan statistical areas.
Author(s): Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor, Jessica C. Smith
Date: 09/2011
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Annual report presenting data from the Current Population Survey, and providing information on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the U.S. Includes comparisons for metropolitan and non-metropolitan statistical areas.
Author(s): Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor, Jessica C. Smith
Date: 09/2011
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Covered Persons as Amended
Analyzes the Patient Protection and Affordable Coverage Act (as amended on December 19, 2009 by the Senate Majority Leader's Manager's Amendment) using statistics and data to identify how it would reduce the number of uninsured in nonmetropolitan areas.
Author(s): Tim McBride
Date: 12/2009
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Analyzes the Patient Protection and Affordable Coverage Act (as amended on December 19, 2009 by the Senate Majority Leader's Manager's Amendment) using statistics and data to identify how it would reduce the number of uninsured in nonmetropolitan areas.
Author(s): Tim McBride
Date: 12/2009
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Health Status and Health Care Access of Farm and Rural Populations
Discusses healthcare access and health status in rural areas. Describes health risks farm families experience due to their work environment.
Additional links: Report Summary
Author(s): Carol Adaire Jones, Timothy S. Parker, Mary Ahearn, Ashok K. Mishra, Jayachandran N. Variyam
Date: 08/2009
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Discusses healthcare access and health status in rural areas. Describes health risks farm families experience due to their work environment.
Additional links: Report Summary
Author(s): Carol Adaire Jones, Timothy S. Parker, Mary Ahearn, Ashok K. Mishra, Jayachandran N. Variyam
Date: 08/2009
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Characteristics of Rural & Urban Children Who Qualify For Medicaid or CHIP But Are Not Enrolled
Examines rural-urban and regional differences in the race and ethnicity of qualified-but-uninsured children.
Author(s): Jennifer King, Rebecca Slifkin, Mark Holmes
Date: 07/2009
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Examines rural-urban and regional differences in the race and ethnicity of qualified-but-uninsured children.
Author(s): Jennifer King, Rebecca Slifkin, Mark Holmes
Date: 07/2009
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Profile of Rural Health Insurance Coverage: A Chartbook
Provides information on the health insurance status of rural Americans under the age of 65. Includes recent estimates and changes since 1997 in rural health insurance coverage; differences in the demographic, socio-economic, employment and other risk factors for uninsurance among rural and urban residents; demographic and economic characteristics and employment differences of the rural and urban uninsured; and policy implications for covering the rural uninsured.
Additional links: Research & Policy Brief: Health Insurance Profile Indicates Need to Expand Coverage in Rural Areas, July 2009
Author(s): Jennifer D. Lenardson, Erika C. Ziller, Andrew F. Coburn, Nathaniel J. Anderson
Date: 06/2009
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Provides information on the health insurance status of rural Americans under the age of 65. Includes recent estimates and changes since 1997 in rural health insurance coverage; differences in the demographic, socio-economic, employment and other risk factors for uninsurance among rural and urban residents; demographic and economic characteristics and employment differences of the rural and urban uninsured; and policy implications for covering the rural uninsured.
Additional links: Research & Policy Brief: Health Insurance Profile Indicates Need to Expand Coverage in Rural Areas, July 2009
Author(s): Jennifer D. Lenardson, Erika C. Ziller, Andrew F. Coburn, Nathaniel J. Anderson
Date: 06/2009
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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