Rural Health
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Health Insurance Coverage of Low-Income Rural Children Increases and Is More Continuous Following CHIP Implementation
Compares insurance coverage of low-income children before and after the passage of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), with rural/urban comparisons. Addresses the uninsurance rate and health insurance continuity for low-income children in rural areas over time using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
Author(s): Erika C. Ziller
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Compares insurance coverage of low-income children before and after the passage of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), with rural/urban comparisons. Addresses the uninsurance rate and health insurance continuity for low-income children in rural areas over time using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
Author(s): Erika C. Ziller
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Realizing Rural Care Coordination: Considerations and Action Steps for State Policy-Makers
Identifies action steps and policy considerations for coordinating care in rural areas based on the experiences of six states: Colorado, Alabama, New Mexico, Montana, Vermont, and North Carolina.
Author(s): Michael Stanek, Carrie Hanlon, Tess Shiras
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Identifies action steps and policy considerations for coordinating care in rural areas based on the experiences of six states: Colorado, Alabama, New Mexico, Montana, Vermont, and North Carolina.
Author(s): Michael Stanek, Carrie Hanlon, Tess Shiras
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Native American Housing: Additional Actions Needed to Better Support Tribal Efforts
Discusses housing challenges faced by tribal entities. Provides recommendations to address tribal housing challenges and to better support tribal efforts.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Discusses housing challenges faced by tribal entities. Provides recommendations to address tribal housing challenges and to better support tribal efforts.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Aging in Every Place: Supportive Service Programs for High and Low Density Communities
Identifies rural model programs offering transportation to healthcare services, shopping, and social activities. Discusses bringing services to the homes of older adults who are unable to travel with the goal of keeping them in their homes as they age.
Author(s): Janet Viveiros, Maya Brennan
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Housing Conference
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Identifies rural model programs offering transportation to healthcare services, shopping, and social activities. Discusses bringing services to the homes of older adults who are unable to travel with the goal of keeping them in their homes as they age.
Author(s): Janet Viveiros, Maya Brennan
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Housing Conference
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Children Growing Up in Rural America: Characteristics and Challenges of a Changing Population
Discusses rural children and poverty rates. Addresses differences by region and race/ethnicity, as well as contributing factors and federal programs that help address rural poverty.
Author(s): Marybeth Mattingly, Cynthia Duncan
Citation: Rural Voices, 19(1), 4-6
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Discusses rural children and poverty rates. Addresses differences by region and race/ethnicity, as well as contributing factors and federal programs that help address rural poverty.
Author(s): Marybeth Mattingly, Cynthia Duncan
Citation: Rural Voices, 19(1), 4-6
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Strategies for Behavioral Health Organizations to Promote New Health Insurance Opportunities: In American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Provides examples of successful outreach and enrollment strategies for organizations to use when introducing health insurance options to American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Provides examples of successful outreach and enrollment strategies for organizations to use when introducing health insurance options to American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Seizing the Opportunity: Early Medicaid Health Home Lessons
Compiles findings and discussion from states who were early adopters of health homes in urban and rural settings. Provides recommendations for states wanting to develop health home programs.
Author(s): Kathy Moses, Brianna Ensslin
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Compiles findings and discussion from states who were early adopters of health homes in urban and rural settings. Provides recommendations for states wanting to develop health home programs.
Author(s): Kathy Moses, Brianna Ensslin
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Care Strategies
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Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program Evaluation: Interim Report
Introduces the five Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants grantee programs and provides initial evaluation results related to program structure, program processes, and education and employment outcomes.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Carol Hafford, Katherine Meyer, et al.
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Introduces the five Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants grantee programs and provides initial evaluation results related to program structure, program processes, and education and employment outcomes.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Carol Hafford, Katherine Meyer, et al.
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Effects of Potential Federal Funding Cuts on Graduate Medical Education: Results of a Survey of Designated Institutional Officials
Results of a 2011 survey that assessed how future federal funding reductions for physician education would affect the number of residency programs.
Author(s): Kathleen D. Holt, Rebecca S. Miller, Ingrid Philibert, Thomas J. Nasca
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 6(1), 183-188
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
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Results of a 2011 survey that assessed how future federal funding reductions for physician education would affect the number of residency programs.
Author(s): Kathleen D. Holt, Rebecca S. Miller, Ingrid Philibert, Thomas J. Nasca
Citation: Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 6(1), 183-188
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
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Looking Ahead: Pennsylvania Population Projections, 2010 to 2040
Reports that rural Pennsylvania counties are projected to have a four percent population increase and urban Pennsylvania counties are projected to have a fourteen percent population increase from 2010 to 2040. Pennsylvania's rural population is likely to grow slowly, and the age of its residents will continue to increase.
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
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Reports that rural Pennsylvania counties are projected to have a four percent population increase and urban Pennsylvania counties are projected to have a fourteen percent population increase from 2010 to 2040. Pennsylvania's rural population is likely to grow slowly, and the age of its residents will continue to increase.
Date: 03/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
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