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Healthcare Access in Rural Communities – Resources

Selected recent or important resources focusing on Healthcare Access in Rural Communities.

The 2014 Update of the Rural-Urban Chartbook
Updates information presented in Health, United States, 2001: With Urban and Rural Health Chartbook. Highlights current trends and disparities across different levels of metro and nonmetropolitan counties, including population characteristics; health-related behaviors and risk factors; mortality rates; healthcare access and use; mental health measures; and other health measures such as teen birth rates, tooth loss, and activity limitations due to chronic disease. Individual data tables are available in an Excel file.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Alana Knudson, Tess Gilbert, et al.
Date: 10/2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Reform Policy Research Center
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Medicaid Primary Care Workforce Tracker
Interactive tool presenting state and county-level data on the primary care workforce providing healthcare to Medicaid enrollees. Uses data from the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) from 2016-2019 to identify primary care clinicians who saw Medicaid beneficiaries each year.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
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Exploring the Health Care Challenges Rural Americans Face Across 5 States
Articles from Rural RX, a series intended to explore the forces that shape rural health care in America. Features programs in Alabama, Texas, Colorado, New York, and West Virginia.
Author(s): Nicole Ellis, William Brangham, Caleb Hellerman
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: PBS News Hour
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Medicaid/CHIP Coverage by School Districts, 2018-2022
Provides data on the percent of children covered by Medicaid/CHIP by school district, with separate, searchable lists for each state.
Type: Website
Sponsoring organization: Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
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March of Dimes Maternity Care Deserts Dashboard
Depicts county-level access to maternity care, access to hospitals with obstetric care or birth centers, and access to obstetric providers across the U.S. Allows user to select for demographic information such as age, race/ethnicity, education and household composition, and prevalence of health conditions and behaviors. Includes data on total births by county.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: March of Dimes
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Health Insurance Coverage, 2008-2021
Animated map showing annual county-level data on health insurance coverage from 2008-2022, based on the Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE).
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Maternal and Infant Health Mapping Tool
Map-based access to county-level data on maternal health, infant health, and health resources. Includes data on pre-pregnancy health status, preterm births, infant mortality, access to prenatal care, availability of providers, health insurance coverage, demographics, and more.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Maternal and Child Health Bureau
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County Data Maps from CEARH
Provides maps of the contiguous U.S. that represent data related to healthcare access at the county level, healthcare industry characteristics in rural counties, socio-demographic characteristics, and rural health characteristics. Map indicators can be adjusted to reflect specific types of data.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Center for Economic Analysis of Rural Health
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ACA Marketplace Participation Tracker, 2015 - 2022
Interactive map shows insurer participation in the Affordable Care Act marketplace. Highlights data by carriers, year, and exchange status, as well as detailing data by state and county.
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Percent of Adults Covered by Medicaid by County, 2013-2017
Shows county-level data for adults insured by Medicaid from 2013 through 2017.
Additional links: Excel Data File
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
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Last Updated: 10/11/2024