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RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis

Description
One of the Rural Health Research Centers currently funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Focuses on access to healthcare services, Medicare policies, development of rural delivery systems, and public health.
Tagged as
Conducting Research, Needs Assessments, and Evaluations · Healthcare Payment · Rural Health Policy

Resources (44)

2025

  • Evaluating Medicare Advantage Benchmark Setting Methodology on Rural Counties, 01/2025, view details
  • The Impact of High Hospital Fixed-Cost Ratios on Rural Populations, 06/2025, view details
  • Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2024, 01/2025, view details

2024

  • Changes in Rural Pharmacy Presence 2023, 08/2024, view details
  • Financial Performance of Rural and Urban Hospitals in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, 09/2024, view details
  • Medicare Advantage Plan Growth in Rural America: Availability of Supplemental Benefits, 05/2024, view details
  • Nonmetropolitan Premiums, Issuer Participation, and Enrollment in Health Insurance Marketplaces in 2022, 03/2024, view details
  • Partnerships to Address Social Needs Across Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Prospective Payment System Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals, 03/2024, view details

2023

  • Changes in Service Offerings Post-System Affiliation in Rural Hospitals, 01/2023, view details
  • Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties, 03/2023, view details
  • County-Level 14-Day COVID-19 Case Trajectories, 03/2023, view details
  • COVID-19 Cases and Deaths, Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties Over Time (Update), 03/2023, view details
  • COVID-19 Mortality Rates across Noncore, Micropolitan, and Metropolitan Counties by Community Characteristics, December 2020-January 2021, 01/2023, view details
  • COVID-19 Vaccination Rates, 03/2023, view details
  • Distributional Analysis of Variation in Medicare Advantage Participation Within and Between Metropolitan, Micropolitan, and Noncore Counties, 08/2023, view details
  • Financial Risk Acceptance among Rural Health Care Providers Participating in the Quality Payment Program, 03/2023, view details
  • Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2022, 01/2023, view details
  • Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2023, 11/2023, view details
  • Rural Health Challenges and Opportunities, 05/2023, view details

2022

  • Health Insurance Marketplaces: Issuer Participation Trends in Non-Metropolitan Places, 2014-22, 08/2022, view details
  • Medicare Beneficiary Access to Prescription Drugs in Rural Areas, 08/2022, view details
  • Nursing Homes in Rural America: A Chartbook, 07/2022, view details
  • Rural and Urban Pharmacy Presence – Pharmacy Deserts, 08/2022, view details
  • Update on Rural Independently Owned Pharmacy Closures in the United States, 2003-2021, 08/2022, view details

2021

  • Availability of Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage Plans in Rural and Urban Areas, 02/2021, view details
  • COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination Rates, 09/2021, view details
  • Geographic Expansion of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations: Assessing Access to Primary Care in Nonmetropolitan Counties, 03/2021, view details
  • High-Functioning Rural Medicare ACOs – A Qualitative Review, 02/2021, view details
  • Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2021, 09/2021, view details
  • Pharmacy Vaccination Service Availability in Nonmetropolitan Counties, 02/2021, view details
  • Sources of Insurance Coverage in Nonmetropolitan Areas: The Role of Public and Private Insurance Since 2009, 03/2021, view details
  • Trends in Nursing Home Closures in Nonmetropolitan and Metropolitan Counties in the United States, 2008-2018, 02/2021, view details

2020

  • Access to Medicare Part D Plans: A Comparison of Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas, 05/2020, view details
  • Health Care Professional Workforce Composition Before and After Rural Hospital Closure, 04/2020, view details
  • Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan COVID-19 Confirmed Cases and General and ICU Beds, 05/2020, view details
  • Rural Hospital Participation in Medicare Accountable Care Organizations, 04/2020, view details
  • Telepharmacy Rules and Statutes: A 3-Year Update for all 50 States, 07/2020, view details

2015

  • Project ARCH: Initial Summary of Findings Relevant to the Choice Program, 12/2015, view details

2007

  • Status and Future of Health Care Delivery in Rural Wyoming, 06/2007, view details

2006

  • The Experience of Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies with Medicare Part D: Reports from the Field, 11/2006, view details

2001

  • Update on Medicare+Choice: Rural Medicare Beneficiaries Enrolled in Medicare+Choice Plans through October 2000, 03/2001, view details

Undated

  • COVID-19 County Reports, view details
  • Medicare Advantage: National and State Enrollment Tables and Maps, view details
  • Rural Taxonomy of Population and Health-Resource Characteristics, view details