Rural Health
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COGME Twentieth Report: Advancing Primary Care
Makes recommendations related to the ideal number of primary care physicians, primary care physician reimbursement, financial aid programs, as well as physician education and distribution. Addresses rural and underserved areas, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), and community health centers (CHCs).
Author(s): Jerry Kruse, Mark Kelley, Tom Keane, et al.
Date: 12/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Council on Graduate Medical Education
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Makes recommendations related to the ideal number of primary care physicians, primary care physician reimbursement, financial aid programs, as well as physician education and distribution. Addresses rural and underserved areas, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), and community health centers (CHCs).
Author(s): Jerry Kruse, Mark Kelley, Tom Keane, et al.
Date: 12/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Council on Graduate Medical Education
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State Perspectives Discussion Paper on Development of Community Paramedic Programs
Summarizes the status of community paramedicine programs in 2010 and presents a synopsis of some of the opportunities and challenges state EMS offices will face as these programs are contemplated in local communities.
Date: 12/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Association of State EMS Officials
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Summarizes the status of community paramedicine programs in 2010 and presents a synopsis of some of the opportunities and challenges state EMS offices will face as these programs are contemplated in local communities.
Date: 12/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Association of State EMS Officials
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A Guide to Financing Strategies for Hospitals: With Special Consideration for Smaller Hospitals
Explores seven strategies that help hospitals achieve capital access. Discusses smaller organizations, such as rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and stand-alone community hospitals.
Date: 12/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Research & Educational Trust
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Explores seven strategies that help hospitals achieve capital access. Discusses smaller organizations, such as rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, and stand-alone community hospitals.
Date: 12/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health Research & Educational Trust
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Securing High Quality Health Care in Rural America: The Impetus for Change in the Affordable Care Act
Analyzes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's call for the development of a National Health Care Quality Strategy and Plan, or National Quality Strategy, that will affect healthcare for millions of rural Americans and thousands of rural healthcare providers. Works to answer the question, "What rural considerations should be addressed in a National Quality Strategy?"
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Jennifer P. Lundblad, Andrew F. Coburn, Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 12/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Analyzes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's call for the development of a National Health Care Quality Strategy and Plan, or National Quality Strategy, that will affect healthcare for millions of rural Americans and thousands of rural healthcare providers. Works to answer the question, "What rural considerations should be addressed in a National Quality Strategy?"
Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Jennifer P. Lundblad, Andrew F. Coburn, Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 12/2010
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Expressions of Depression in Rural Women With Chronic Illness
Describes the experience of depression within a rural population of chronically ill middle-aged women from Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming who participated in an online social-support and health education research project.
Author(s): Charlene A Winters, Shirley A Cudney, Therese Sullivan
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 10(4), 1533
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Describes the experience of depression within a rural population of chronically ill middle-aged women from Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming who participated in an online social-support and health education research project.
Author(s): Charlene A Winters, Shirley A Cudney, Therese Sullivan
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 10(4), 1533
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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What Happens After an Elevated PSA Test: The Experience of 13,591 Veterans
Details a study on the time between prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing and a biopsy-confirmed cancer diagnosis in veterans. Compares rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Steven B. Zeliadt, Richard M. Hoffman, Ruth Etzioni, Van Anh T. Ginger, Daniel W. Lin
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 25(11), 1205-1210
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Details a study on the time between prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing and a biopsy-confirmed cancer diagnosis in veterans. Compares rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Steven B. Zeliadt, Richard M. Hoffman, Ruth Etzioni, Van Anh T. Ginger, Daniel W. Lin
Citation: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 25(11), 1205-1210
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Influence of Loan Repayment on Rural Healthcare Provider Recruitment and Retention in Colorado
Reports results of a survey of health professionals who participated in three Colorado loan repayment programs between 1992 and 2007. Examines the most important recruitment factors for participants by rural versus urban location and profession. Covers factors impacting participants' decisions to leave a community, after the end of their service obligation.
Author(s): Daniel Renner, John Westfall, Lou Ann Wilroy, Adit Ginde
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 10(4), 1605
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Reports results of a survey of health professionals who participated in three Colorado loan repayment programs between 1992 and 2007. Examines the most important recruitment factors for participants by rural versus urban location and profession. Covers factors impacting participants' decisions to leave a community, after the end of their service obligation.
Author(s): Daniel Renner, John Westfall, Lou Ann Wilroy, Adit Ginde
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 10(4), 1605
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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The Effect of Minority Status and Rural Residence on Actions to Control High Blood Pressure in the U.S.
Compares differences in current and recommended strategies to control blood pressure with breakdowns by White urban, White rural, Black urban, and Black rural status. Includes statistics covering sex, age group, education, income level, marital status, employment, health status, insurance, and treatment methods.
Author(s): Charles Ellis, Anouk L. Grubaugh, Leonard E. Egede
Citation: Public Health Reports, 125(6)
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Compares differences in current and recommended strategies to control blood pressure with breakdowns by White urban, White rural, Black urban, and Black rural status. Includes statistics covering sex, age group, education, income level, marital status, employment, health status, insurance, and treatment methods.
Author(s): Charles Ellis, Anouk L. Grubaugh, Leonard E. Egede
Citation: Public Health Reports, 125(6)
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Process for Determining the Cancer Burden of the Hopi Tribe
Describes collaborative and technical processes used by the Hopi Tribe, University of Arizona researchers, and the Arizona Cancer Registry to provide Hopi-specific cancer data from 1995-2005. Includes socioeconomic data and breakdowns by type of cancer.
Author(s): Sylvia R. Brown, Lori Joshweseoma, Timothy Flood, Kathryn Coe
Citation: Public Health Reports, 125(6)
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Describes collaborative and technical processes used by the Hopi Tribe, University of Arizona researchers, and the Arizona Cancer Registry to provide Hopi-specific cancer data from 1995-2005. Includes socioeconomic data and breakdowns by type of cancer.
Author(s): Sylvia R. Brown, Lori Joshweseoma, Timothy Flood, Kathryn Coe
Citation: Public Health Reports, 125(6)
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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OB Fellowship Outcomes 1992-2010: Where Do They Go, Who Stops Delivering, and Why?
Analyzes family medicine physicians who completed a fellowship in obstetrics in Tennessee. Examines where they located, career changes, and why some stopped providing maternity care. Identifies a high percentage who practiced in rural areas and spent time as faculty.
Author(s): Wm. MacMillan Rodney, Conchita Martinez, Millard Collins, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 712-6
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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Analyzes family medicine physicians who completed a fellowship in obstetrics in Tennessee. Examines where they located, career changes, and why some stopped providing maternity care. Identifies a high percentage who practiced in rural areas and spent time as faculty.
Author(s): Wm. MacMillan Rodney, Conchita Martinez, Millard Collins, et al.
Citation: Family Medicine, 42(10), 712-6
Date: 11/2010
Type: Document
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