Skip to main content
Rural Health Information Hub

Website Search Results for: guidelines

309 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 51 - 60:

51. Implications of Proposed Changes to Rural Hospital Payment Designations - Resources
Date: Dec 2012

Discusses the short-term policy implications of proposed changes to the designation and payment guidelines for small rural hospitals. Focuses on proposed changes to rural Medicare payments for hospitals and physicians, as well as a proposal to change the CAH distance requirements.

...guidelines for small rural hospitals. Focuses on proposed changes to rural Medicare payments for hospitals...

52. Patterns, Prognostic Implications, and Rural-Urban Disparities in Optimal GDMT Following HFrEF Diagnosis Among Medicare Beneficiaries - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Compares rural and urban patterns of use and patient outcomes of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) uptake for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), utilizing 2015-2020 Medicare fee-for-service data. Provides data on rural and urban disparities in receipt of optimal GDMT treatment and mortality.

...guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) uptake for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), utilizing...

53. Sobering Statistics: Acceleration of Alcohol-Attributable Deaths Across the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Resources
Date: Dec 2024

Provides information on alcohol use and drinking guidelines. Includes data on alcohol-attributable deaths in the U.S. per 100,00 people from 2006-2022, with breakdowns by state, race/ethnicity, sex, age, and large metro, small/medium metro, or nonmetro location.

...guidelines. Includes data on alcohol-attributable deaths in the U.S. per 100,00 people from...

54. Opioid Use among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries - Resources
Date: Jan 2025

Examines trends in prescription opioid use among Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas, utilizing 2010-2017 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) data. Provides data on receipt of opioid prescriptions among community-dwelling and facility-dwelling beneficiaries, associations between prescribing and chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs), and prescriptions exceeding CDC guidelines. Includes rural-urban comparisons.

...guidelines. Includes rural-urban comparisons. --- Opioid Use among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Examines trends in prescription...

55. Crisis Services: Meeting Needs, Saving Lives - Resources
Date: Aug 2020

Presents the National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care Best Practices Toolkit and a number of companion papers on crisis care. Toolkit highlights best practices for crisis care and the papers discuss a number of related topics, including homelessness, substance use, opioid-related deaths, and rural and frontier areas, among other issues.

...Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care Best Practices Toolkit and a number of companion papers...

56. Scoring Shortage Designations - Resources
Reviewed: Feb 2026

Provides an overview of the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designation scoring criteria, as well as Maternity Care Target Areas (MCTAs). Covers additional criteria and guidelines specific to each of the three types of designations: primary care, dental and mental health. Also covers scoring criteria for the Medically Underserved Area and Medically Underserved Population (MUA/P) designation.

...guidelines specific to each of the three types of designations: primary care, dental and mental...

57. The Role of Comorbidities, Medications, and Social Determinants of Health in Understanding Urban-Rural Outcome Differences among Patients with Heart Failure - Resources
Date: 2024

Analyzes health outcomes for patients with heart failure and mitigating factors such as comorbidities, guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT), and social determinants of health (SDOH) in rural versus urban areas. Utilizes data from Medicare beneficiaries who had a heart failure hospitalization between 2008 to 2017 to observe mortality rates within 30 days or 1 year, hospital readmission rates, and emergency room (ER) admissions. Discusses health outcome disparities that correlate to patient location.

...guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT), and social determinants of health (SDOH) in rural versus urban...

58. Clinical Knowledge and Trends in Physicians' Prescribing of Opioids for New Onset Back Pain, 2009-2017 - Resources
Date: Jul 2021

Results of a study of 10,246 physicians to compare the association of clinical knowledge with opioid prescribing from the years 2009-2011 with 2015-2017, when guidelines shifted away from opioid prescribing. Features demographic statistics with breakdowns by rural location.

...guidelines shifted away from opioid prescribing. Features demographic statistics with breakdowns by rural location. --- Clinical...

59. Hill-Burton Free and Reduced Cost Health Care - Resources
Reviewed: May 2026

Provides information on free or below cost healthcare available to people who meet poverty guidelines from certain healthcare facilities that received federal funds for construction or renovation under the Hill-Burton program.

...guidelines from certain healthcare facilities that received federal funds for construction or renovation under the Hill...

60. Do SNAP Eligibility and Benefit Determinations Sufficiently Reflect Expenses of Older Households? - Resources
Date: Oct 2023

Report investigating Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility guidelines to determine whether they are in line with the spending patterns of low-income households with adults over 50. Offers policy recommendations based on findings. Table 1 of the appendix compares the rural and urban share of total expenditures for these households.

...guidelines to determine whether they are in line with the spending patterns of low-income...