Rural Health
Resources by Type: Document
Evaluation of the Medicare Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Demonstration: Report to Congress
Reports on the results of a Medicare Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC) demonstration project that used an enhanced clinic model in frontier areas to address the needs of seriously ill or injured patients who could not be transferred to a hospital or needed monitoring and observation for a limited period of time. Includes an overview of the demonstration and key findings from the project.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports on the results of a Medicare Frontier Extended Stay Clinic (FESC) demonstration project that used an enhanced clinic model in frontier areas to address the needs of seriously ill or injured patients who could not be transferred to a hospital or needed monitoring and observation for a limited period of time. Includes an overview of the demonstration and key findings from the project.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Effects of Distance to Care and Rural or Urban Residence on Receipt of Radiation Therapy among North Carolina Medicare Enrollees with Breast Cancer
Discusses the effect of distance on quality of care for Medicare-insured patients with breast cancer living in rural and urban areas of North Carolina.
Author(s): Stephanie B. Wheeler, Tzy-Mey Kuo, Danielle Durham, et al.
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 75(4), 239-246
Date: 2014
Type: Document
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Discusses the effect of distance on quality of care for Medicare-insured patients with breast cancer living in rural and urban areas of North Carolina.
Author(s): Stephanie B. Wheeler, Tzy-Mey Kuo, Danielle Durham, et al.
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 75(4), 239-246
Date: 2014
Type: Document
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The State of Health Equity Research: Closing Knowledge Gaps to Address Inequities
Reports results of an analysis of health disparities research funded between 2007 and 2011. Finds that certain populations which experience disparities, including rural and Native American populations, are underrepresented in the research. Reports on the health conditions most studied and geographic distribution of studies. Describes a trend to more research on solutions rather than just description of health disparities.
Author(s): AAMC Health Equity Research and Policy Staff
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: AcademyHealth
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Reports results of an analysis of health disparities research funded between 2007 and 2011. Finds that certain populations which experience disparities, including rural and Native American populations, are underrepresented in the research. Reports on the health conditions most studied and geographic distribution of studies. Describes a trend to more research on solutions rather than just description of health disparities.
Author(s): AAMC Health Equity Research and Policy Staff
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: AcademyHealth
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Key Findings and Recommendations from the Coos Youth Study: Research from the First Half of the Study
Presents results from a study of youth in rural northern New Hampshire and addresses regional job opportunities, substance use and mental health, youth retention and out-migration, and community attachment.
Author(s): Michael S. Staunton, Eleanor M. Jaffee
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Presents results from a study of youth in rural northern New Hampshire and addresses regional job opportunities, substance use and mental health, youth retention and out-migration, and community attachment.
Author(s): Michael S. Staunton, Eleanor M. Jaffee
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Examining Social Support in a Rural Homeless Population
Discusses how social support from family, friends, colleagues, or healthcare personnel can help rural homeless individuals with the resources needed to secure housing. Addresses health-related variables, such as substance abuse. Reports that increasing financial support in rural communities such as economic development and subsidized housing may ease homelessness.
Author(s): Afton Jackson, Lisa Shannon
Citation: Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 29(1), 48-74
Date: 2014
Type: Document
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Discusses how social support from family, friends, colleagues, or healthcare personnel can help rural homeless individuals with the resources needed to secure housing. Addresses health-related variables, such as substance abuse. Reports that increasing financial support in rural communities such as economic development and subsidized housing may ease homelessness.
Author(s): Afton Jackson, Lisa Shannon
Citation: Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 29(1), 48-74
Date: 2014
Type: Document
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Community Paramedic Program Handbook
A comprehensive planning manual to be used by paramedic services or a community for the development of a community paramedic program. Provides an array of resources focused on assessing community needs, determining program scope, identifying services to provide, engaging the community, developing policies and procedures, conducting training, and developing an evaluation plan. Requires filling out a form to download the program manual.
Author(s): Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Christopher A. Montera, Anne Robinson
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: The Savvik Foundation
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A comprehensive planning manual to be used by paramedic services or a community for the development of a community paramedic program. Provides an array of resources focused on assessing community needs, determining program scope, identifying services to provide, engaging the community, developing policies and procedures, conducting training, and developing an evaluation plan. Requires filling out a form to download the program manual.
Author(s): Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Christopher A. Montera, Anne Robinson
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: The Savvik Foundation
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Source Book: Rural Health Network Development Grant Program, 2011-2014
Describes 20 initiatives funded under the Rural Health Network Development Grant Program in the 2011-2014 funding cycle. Programs address healthcare access, quality, and delivery systems through the development of formal networks, alliances, coalitions, and partnerships. Includes information on program services, community characteristics, outcomes, challenges addressed, partners involved, program sustainability, and implications for other communities.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Describes 20 initiatives funded under the Rural Health Network Development Grant Program in the 2011-2014 funding cycle. Programs address healthcare access, quality, and delivery systems through the development of formal networks, alliances, coalitions, and partnerships. Includes information on program services, community characteristics, outcomes, challenges addressed, partners involved, program sustainability, and implications for other communities.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Migrant Health Newsline: Commemorative Issue
Final and commemorative issue examining the migrant health movement in the U.S. Includes reprints of past articles about the history of migrant health, the creation of the Migrant Health Program, the Migrant Health Act, and other legislation increasing access to healthcare for migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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Final and commemorative issue examining the migrant health movement in the U.S. Includes reprints of past articles about the history of migrant health, the creation of the Migrant Health Program, the Migrant Health Act, and other legislation increasing access to healthcare for migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Farmworker Health
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Public Insurance Drove Overall Coverage Growth Among Children in 2012: Rates of Coverage Vary Across the Country
Examines the rates of health insurance coverage among children under 18 in the U.S. by region and by rural, suburban, and central city residence between 2008 and 2012.
Author(s): Michael J. Staley
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Examines the rates of health insurance coverage among children under 18 in the U.S. by region and by rural, suburban, and central city residence between 2008 and 2012.
Author(s): Michael J. Staley
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Proposed EITC Expansion Would Increase Eligibility and Dollars for Rural and Urban "Childless" Workers
Reports on proposed changes to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the eligibility impact for rural versus urban childless workers.
Author(s): Jessica A. Carson, Marybeth J. Mattingly
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Reports on proposed changes to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the eligibility impact for rural versus urban childless workers.
Author(s): Jessica A. Carson, Marybeth J. Mattingly
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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