Rural Health
Resources by Type: Tool
Poverty Area Measures
Provides access to poverty area measures for counties and census tracts covering high poverty, extreme poverty, persistent poverty, and enduring poverty. Includes Decennial Census data for 1960 (county) or 1970 (census tract) through 2000 and for American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year periods of 2007-11, 2015-19, and 2017-21. Available in spreadsheet format.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Provides access to poverty area measures for counties and census tracts covering high poverty, extreme poverty, persistent poverty, and enduring poverty. Includes Decennial Census data for 1960 (county) or 1970 (census tract) through 2000 and for American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year periods of 2007-11, 2015-19, and 2017-21. Available in spreadsheet format.
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Nursing Workforce Dashboard
Allows users to access detailed information on demographics, education, employment, work environment, hours, and earnings of the nursing workforce at national and state levels. Uses data from the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses and includes a Critical Access Hospital category in the Work Environment section.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Allows users to access detailed information on demographics, education, employment, work environment, hours, and earnings of the nursing workforce at national and state levels. Uses data from the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses and includes a Critical Access Hospital category in the Work Environment section.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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The Toolkit for Everyone Aligning and Measuring (The TEAM)
Toolkit for collaboratives to help measure the alignment of systems and actions across sectors to improve community health and well-being in sustainable ways.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Policy Center
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Toolkit for collaboratives to help measure the alignment of systems and actions across sectors to improve community health and well-being in sustainable ways.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Health Policy Center
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Disability Counts
Tool to access the most recent county-level disability estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS). Includes data disability rates by gender, race, type of disability, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Tool to access the most recent county-level disability estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS). Includes data disability rates by gender, race, type of disability, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities
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Disaster Available Supplies in Hospitals (DASH)
Interactive tool designed to help hospital emergency planners and supply chain staff estimate supplies that may need to be available immediately during mass casualty incidents and infectious disease emergencies, based on hospital characteristics. Comprises four modules which can provide hospitals a holistic view of the supplies needed to address various types of incidents.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
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Interactive tool designed to help hospital emergency planners and supply chain staff estimate supplies that may need to be available immediately during mass casualty incidents and infectious disease emergencies, based on hospital characteristics. Comprises four modules which can provide hospitals a holistic view of the supplies needed to address various types of incidents.
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
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NCI Geographic Information Science (GIS) Portal for Cancer Research Tobacco Policy Viewer
Provides a state-by-state summary of smoke-free laws in workplaces, restaurants, and bars from 1990 through 2020 for the U.S. Includes information on public tobacco policy laws at the county and city levels.
Sponsoring organization: National Cancer Institute
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Provides a state-by-state summary of smoke-free laws in workplaces, restaurants, and bars from 1990 through 2020 for the U.S. Includes information on public tobacco policy laws at the county and city levels.
Sponsoring organization: National Cancer Institute
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The Ohio Medicaid Assessment Survey Dashboard
An interactive tool that shows tables, plots, and maps of the healthcare landscape in Ohio based on data from the Ohio Medicaid Assessment Survey which focuses on both Medicaid and non-Medicaid populations. Customizes information according to population, age range, income, county, year of data, and health indicators, including health insurance status, chronic diseases, health behaviors, access to care, unmet healthcare needs, and economic distress.
Sponsoring organization: Ohio Medicaid Assessment Survey
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An interactive tool that shows tables, plots, and maps of the healthcare landscape in Ohio based on data from the Ohio Medicaid Assessment Survey which focuses on both Medicaid and non-Medicaid populations. Customizes information according to population, age range, income, county, year of data, and health indicators, including health insurance status, chronic diseases, health behaviors, access to care, unmet healthcare needs, and economic distress.
Sponsoring organization: Ohio Medicaid Assessment Survey
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USAC Rurality Tier Search Tool
Allows users to determine the applicable rural tier for a specific site location to calculate the rural rate for telecommunications support through the RHC Telecom Program. Tiers include extremely rural, rural, less rural, and non-rural. Tool provides general information; rurality tiers are formally assigned through the review and approval of FCC forms.
Additional links: How to: Use the Rurality Tier Search Tool
Sponsoring organization: Universal Service Administrative Company
Allows users to determine the applicable rural tier for a specific site location to calculate the rural rate for telecommunications support through the RHC Telecom Program. Tiers include extremely rural, rural, less rural, and non-rural. Tool provides general information; rurality tiers are formally assigned through the review and approval of FCC forms.
Additional links: How to: Use the Rurality Tier Search Tool
Sponsoring organization: Universal Service Administrative Company
Related funding:
Rural Health Care Telecommunications (Telecom) Program
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Physician Needs Indicator Worksheet
Helps determine how many physicians are needed in a community. Spreadsheet can by used to input service area population to see how many full-time equivalent physicians are needed, or to input service area and existing physician complement to see areas of over- or under-availability.
Author(s): Stroudwater Associates
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Helps determine how many physicians are needed in a community. Spreadsheet can by used to input service area population to see how many full-time equivalent physicians are needed, or to input service area and existing physician complement to see areas of over- or under-availability.
Author(s): Stroudwater Associates
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Ag Health Risk Assessment (AgHRA)
Self-assessment tool for farmers and ranchers focused on physical and mental health. Identifies steps to help reduce health risks. Includes a version specific to women.
Sponsoring organization: AgriSafe Network
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Self-assessment tool for farmers and ranchers focused on physical and mental health. Identifies steps to help reduce health risks. Includes a version specific to women.
Sponsoring organization: AgriSafe Network
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