Rural Health
Resources by Type: Document
Rural Report: Challenges Facing Rural Communities and the Roadmap to Ensure Local Access to High-Quality, Affordable Care
Reports on continuing, current, and emerging challenges for rural hospitals working to provide access to healthcare services in rural communities. Includes discussion on policy recommendations to improve access and covers new models of care, reimbursement policies, regulatory requirements, telehealth, workforce issues, and prescription drug costs.
Additional links: Executive Summary, Infographic
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Reports on continuing, current, and emerging challenges for rural hospitals working to provide access to healthcare services in rural communities. Includes discussion on policy recommendations to improve access and covers new models of care, reimbursement policies, regulatory requirements, telehealth, workforce issues, and prescription drug costs.
Additional links: Executive Summary, Infographic
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Rural Health Network Thrives on Innovation in Whole-Person Care
Profiles a rural health network in Missouri that includes social service support at four of their clinics. Offers an overview of how the program began, highlights their innovative approaches to addressing community needs, and discusses network sustainability.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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Profiles a rural health network in Missouri that includes social service support at four of their clinics. Offers an overview of how the program began, highlights their innovative approaches to addressing community needs, and discusses network sustainability.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Value
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School Meals Programs and Other USDA Child Nutrition Programs: A Primer
Describes how federal child nutrition programs operate under current law, including eligibility rules, participation, and funding. Features statistics including reimbursement rates with breakdowns by rural or urban locations.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Congressional Research Service
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Describes how federal child nutrition programs operate under current law, including eligibility rules, participation, and funding. Features statistics including reimbursement rates with breakdowns by rural or urban locations.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Congressional Research Service
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An Overview of Medicare
Provides a basic overview of the Medicare program, including how it is financed, who is eligible and what benefits are covered under the program. Describes supplemental health insurance, benefits provided by the new drug law, and data on Medicare expenditures and financing.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Provides a basic overview of the Medicare program, including how it is financed, who is eligible and what benefits are covered under the program. Describes supplemental health insurance, benefits provided by the new drug law, and data on Medicare expenditures and financing.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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A Profile of New Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physicians: Results from the Survey of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellows Who Completed Training in 2018
Presents results of a survey of 147 physicians who completed training in hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) in 2018. Covers fellows' demographics, prior medical training and experience, fellowship experience, post-training practice, and the HPM job market. Includes information on the intent to practice in rural and semi-rural locations and mean income by practice setting.
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, George Washington University Health Workforce Institute
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Presents results of a survey of 147 physicians who completed training in hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) in 2018. Covers fellows' demographics, prior medical training and experience, fellowship experience, post-training practice, and the HPM job market. Includes information on the intent to practice in rural and semi-rural locations and mean income by practice setting.
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, George Washington University Health Workforce Institute
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Minnesota's Physician Assistant Workforce, 2019
Provides an overview of Minnesota's physician assistant (PA) workforce using September 2019 data from the Minnesota Board of Medical Practices (BMP) and the 2018 PA survey. Presents information on demographics, education, employment, and geographic distribution.
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Provides an overview of Minnesota's physician assistant (PA) workforce using September 2019 data from the Minnesota Board of Medical Practices (BMP) and the 2018 PA survey. Presents information on demographics, education, employment, and geographic distribution.
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Fruit and Vegetable Preferences and Practices may Hinder Participation in Community Supported Agriculture among Low-Income Rural Families
Presents a study on the effect food preferences have on rates of participation in community agriculture programs for low-income families in rural areas. Bases results on interviews with families regarding fruit and vegetable preferences.
Author(s): Karla L. Hanson, Jennifer Garner, Leah M. Connor, et al.
Citation: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 51(1), 57-67
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
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Presents a study on the effect food preferences have on rates of participation in community agriculture programs for low-income families in rural areas. Bases results on interviews with families regarding fruit and vegetable preferences.
Author(s): Karla L. Hanson, Jennifer Garner, Leah M. Connor, et al.
Citation: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 51(1), 57-67
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
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Delivery of Preventive Oral Health Services by Rurality: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Examines the integration of oral health and primary care as a method of increasing access to preventive oral health services for children under age 6 using 2012-2014 Medicaid claims data from 39 states. Includes patient characteristics, such as age, sex, and poverty level, as well as healthcare utilization rates, with breakdowns by metro and nonmetro counties.
Author(s): Caroline K. Geiger, Ashley M. Kranz, Andrew W. Dick, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 35(1), 3-11
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
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Examines the integration of oral health and primary care as a method of increasing access to preventive oral health services for children under age 6 using 2012-2014 Medicaid claims data from 39 states. Includes patient characteristics, such as age, sex, and poverty level, as well as healthcare utilization rates, with breakdowns by metro and nonmetro counties.
Author(s): Caroline K. Geiger, Ashley M. Kranz, Andrew W. Dick, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 35(1), 3-11
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
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County of Residence and Screening Practices among Latinas and Non-Latina Whites in Two Rural Communities
Discusses mammographic screening among Latina and non-Latina White residents of two rural counties in eastern Washington. Analyzes questionnaire data representing county-level differences in screening rates based on ethnicity, sociodemographic information, age, and predictors of breast cancer-screening participation. Presents this study in relation to broader educational efforts to increase rates of clinical breast exams.
Author(s): Cathrine Duggan, Yamile Molina, Elizabeth Carosso, Genoveva Ibarra, Beti Thompson
Citation: Ethnicity and Disease, 29(1), 31-38
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
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Discusses mammographic screening among Latina and non-Latina White residents of two rural counties in eastern Washington. Analyzes questionnaire data representing county-level differences in screening rates based on ethnicity, sociodemographic information, age, and predictors of breast cancer-screening participation. Presents this study in relation to broader educational efforts to increase rates of clinical breast exams.
Author(s): Cathrine Duggan, Yamile Molina, Elizabeth Carosso, Genoveva Ibarra, Beti Thompson
Citation: Ethnicity and Disease, 29(1), 31-38
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
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Occupational Safety and Health of Foreign-Born, Latinx Dairy Workers in Colorado
Presents a study on the factors affecting the occupational safety of foreign-born Latinx dairy workers. Bases conclusions on interviews with workers in Colorado detailing trainings, injuries, risks, and the psychosocial environment they experienced as a dairy worker.
Author(s): Lauren M. Menger-Ogle, Florencia Pezzutti, Andrew David Menger-Ogle, et al.
Citation: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 61(1), 61-68
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
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Presents a study on the factors affecting the occupational safety of foreign-born Latinx dairy workers. Bases conclusions on interviews with workers in Colorado detailing trainings, injuries, risks, and the psychosocial environment they experienced as a dairy worker.
Author(s): Lauren M. Menger-Ogle, Florencia Pezzutti, Andrew David Menger-Ogle, et al.
Citation: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 61(1), 61-68
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
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