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Four U.S. Border States' Community Health Worker Training Needs Assessment
Assesses and identifies the training needs of community health workers (CHWs) to help design effective training programs in the U.S.-Mexico border region.
Author(s): Howard J. Eng, Ana Celia Hernandez-Martinez, Jasmen Dorian
Date: 12/2011
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Border Rural Health Research Center
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Affordable Care Act Provisions Affecting the Rural Elderly
Discusses a number of provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that focus on elderly health and human service needs.
Date: 12/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier Program
Discusses provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act including the Physician Payment Modifier (VBM) program, which provides differential payment to physicians or physician groups based on the quality of care provided compared to the cost of providing care.
Date: 12/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Reducing Health Disparities in Rural America: Key Provisions in the Affordable Care Act
Discusses provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act including Community Transformation Grants, Understanding Health Disparities, and Prevention and Public Health Fund.
Date: 12/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Medicare Copayments for Critical Access Hospital Outpatient Services - 2009 Update
Discusses the impact of Part B coinsurance on beneficiaries receiving outpatient services at Critical Access Hospitals.
Author(s): Sara Freeman, Kathleen Dalton
Date: 12/2011
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Serving Those Who Have Served: Educational Needs of Health Care Providers Working with Military Members, Veterans, and their Families
Discusses findings from a survey of rural and urban mental health and primary care providers, which explored providers' experience with and knowledge of the VA and Armed Forces personnel.
Author(s): Dean G. Kilpatrick, Connie L. Best, Daniel W. Smith, Harold Kudler, Vickey Cornelison-Grant
Date: 12/2011
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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Evidence-Based Falls Prevention in Critical Access Hospitals
Identifies and assesses evidence-based patient safety and quality improvement interventions for state Flex Programs and Critical Access Hospitals to help them implement falls prevention programs.
Author(s): Karen B. Pearson, Andrew F. Coburn
Date: 12/2011
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Effect of Swing Bed Use on Medicare Average Daily Cost and Reimbursement in Critical Access Hospitals
Estimates the average net cost to Medicare of a skilled nursing facility swing day by simulating the elimination of all Medicare skilled nursing facility swing bed days in Critical Access Hospitals in 2009.
Author(s): Kristin L. Reiter, George M. Holmes, George H. Pink, Victoria A. Freeman
Date: 12/2011
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2010
Summarizes data from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), and includes estimates on various health measures of the U.S. population such as health status, special education, early intervention services, health insurance coverage, injury, health care access, and limitations in activities. Includes some data by place of residence for large metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), small MSAs, and nonmetro (not in an MSA) areas.
Date: 12/2011
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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The Strong African American Families-Teen Trial: Rationale, Design, Engagement Processes, and Family-Specific Effects
Presents the results of a randomized, attention-controlled trial comparing the Strong African American Families–Teen (SAAF–T) family-centered intervention program for adolescents to a comparable family-centered control program that focused on health and nutrition. African American families from six counties in rural Georgia with a 10th-grade student participated in the study. The study focused on family management skills, culturally consistent programming, and community-based implementation procedures.
Author(s): Steven M. Kogan, Gene H. Brody, Virginia K. Molgaard, et al.
Citation: Prevention Science, 13(2), 206–217
Date: 11/2011
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