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Maine Rural Health Research Center

Description
One of the Rural Health Research Centers currently funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. Focuses on barriers to health access for rural residents and related topics, including health insurance coverage, Medicaid, behavioral health, long-term services and supports, and challenges faced by Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in delivering and sustaining services.
Tagged as
Conducting Research, Needs Assessments, and Evaluations · Healthcare Access · Mental Health · Rural Health Policy · Substance Use and Misuse · Maine

Resources (80)

2025

  • Opioid Use Among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries, 01/2025, view details

2024

  • Identifying Rural Health Clinics Within the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) Analytic Files, 03/2024, view details
  • Non-Urgent Use of Emergency Departments by Rural and Urban Adults, 04/2024, view details
  • Pediatric and Pregnancy-related Visits at Rural Health Clinics in 2018 among Medicaid/CHIP Enrollees in 20 States, 09/2024, view details

2023

  • Ambulance Deserts: Geographic Disparities in the Provision of Ambulance Services, 05/2023, view details
  • A Consensus Panel Approach to Estimating the Start-Up and Annual Service Costs for Rural Ambulance Agencies, 08/2023, view details
  • Rural Working-Age Adults Report More Cost Barriers to Health Care, 03/2023, view details

2022

  • Community Characteristics and Financial and Operational Performance of Rural Health Clinics in the United States: A Chartbook, 05/2022, view details
  • Maine: A Health-Focused Landscape Analysis, 04/2022, view details
  • New Hampshire: A Health-Focused Landscape Analysis, 04/2022, view details
  • New York: A Health-Focused Landscape Analysis, 04/2022, view details
  • The Northern Border Region: A Health-Focused Landscape Analysis, 04/2022, view details
  • Patterns of Health Care Use among Rural-Urban Medicare Beneficiaries Age 85 and Older, 2010-2017, 11/2022, view details
  • Vermont: A Health-Focused Landscape Analysis, 04/2022, view details

2021

  • Capacity of Rural Counties to Address an HIV or Hepatitis C Outbreak, 02/2021, view details
  • Opioid-Related Visits to Rural Emergency Departments, 02/2021, view details
  • Rural HIV Prevalence and Service Availability in the United States: A Chartbook, 02/2021, view details

2020

  • Rural-Urban Residence and Mortality among Three Cohorts of U.S. Adults, 05/2020, view details
  • Substance Use among Rural and Urban Youth and Young Adults, 11/2020, view details

2019

  • Preventive Health Service Use among Rural Women, 04/2019, view details
  • Rural Health Clinic Costs and Medicare Reimbursement, 11/2019, view details

2018

  • Medicaid Income Eligibility Transitions Among Rural Adults, 08/2018, view details
  • Residential Settings and Healthcare Use of the Rural "Oldest-Old" Medicare Population, 03/2018, view details
  • Rural Health Clinic Participation in the Merit-Based Incentive System and Other Quality Reporting Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities, 07/2018, view details

2017

  • Knowledge of Health Insurance Concepts and the Affordable Care Act among Rural Residents, 07/2017, view details
  • The Role of Public Versus Private Health Insurance in Ensuring Health Care Access & Affordability for Low-Income Rural Children, 05/2017, view details
  • Rural Opioid Prevention and Treatment Strategies: The Experience in Four States, 04/2017, view details

2016

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences in Rural and Urban Contexts, 04/2016, view details
  • Are Rural Older Adults Benefiting from Increased State Spending on Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services?, 06/2016, view details
  • Health Information Exchange: A Strategy for Improving Access for Rural Veterans in the Maine Flex Rural Veterans Health Access Program, 05/2016, view details
  • Health Insurance CO-OPs: Product Availability and Premiums in Rural Counties, 10/2016, view details
  • Pilot Testing a Rural Health Clinic Quality Measurement Reporting System, 02/2016, view details
  • Rural Opioid Abuse: Prevalence and User Characteristics, 02/2016, view details

2015

  • Adoption and Use of Electronic Health Records by Rural Health Clinics: Results of a National Survey, 09/2015, view details
  • Implications of Rural Residence and Single Mother Status for Maternal Smoking Behaviors, 10/2015, view details
  • Rural Adults Delay, Forego, and Strategize to Afford Their Pre-ACA Health Care, 11/2015, view details
  • Rural Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries Spend More Out-of-Pocket Than Their Urban Counterparts, 11/2015, view details
  • Rural Health Clinic Readiness for Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition: Preparing for the Evolving Healthcare Marketplace, 01/2015, view details

2014

  • Health Insurance Coverage of Low-Income Rural Children Increases and Is More Continuous Following CHIP Implementation, 03/2014, view details
  • High Deductible Health Insurance Plans in Rural Areas, 05/2014, view details
  • Implications of Rurality and Psychiatric Status for Diabetic Care Use among Adults with Diabetes, 05/2014, view details
  • Integrated Care Management in Rural Communities, 05/2014, view details
  • Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Record by Rural Health Clinics, 02/2014, view details
  • Profile of Rural Residential Care Facilities: A Chartbook, 05/2014, view details

2013

  • Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Mental Health Services in Rural Long-Term Care, 06/2013, view details
  • Patterns of Care for Rural and Urban Children with Mental Health Problems, 06/2013, view details
  • Telemental Health in Today's Rural Health System, 12/2013, view details

2012

  • Adolescent Alcohol Use: Do Risk and Protective Factors Explain Rural-Urban Differences?, 03/2012, view details

2011

  • Health Care Access and Use Among the Rural Uninsured, 11/2011, view details

2010

  • Access to Mental Health Services and Family Impact of Rural Children with Mental Health Problems, 10/2010, view details
  • Encouraging Rural Health Clinics to Provide Mental Health Services: What are the Options?, 05/2010, view details
  • Impact of Employment Transitions on Health Insurance Coverage of Rural Residents, 10/2010, view details
  • Mental Health Services in Rural Jails, 08/2010, view details
  • The Provision of Mental Health Services by Rural Health Clinics, 05/2010, view details
  • Safety Net Activities of Independent Rural Health Clinics, 09/2010, view details

2009

  • Availability, Characteristics, and Role of Detoxification Services in Rural Areas, 12/2009, view details
  • Private Health Insurance in Rural Areas: Challenges and Opportunities, 04/2009, view details
  • Profile of Rural Health Insurance Coverage: A Chartbook, 06/2009, view details
  • Rural Children Don't Receive the Mental Health Care They Need, 01/2009, view details
  • Rural Coverage Gaps Decline Following Public Health Insurance Expansions, 02/2009, view details
  • Rural-Urban Differences in Health Care Access Vary Across Measures, 06/2009, view details

2008

  • Rural Adults Face Parity Problems & Other Barriers to Appropriate Mental Health Care, 11/2008, view details

2007

  • Distribution of Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities Across the Rural – Urban Continuum, 10/2007, view details
  • Rural Families More Likely to be Uninsured and Have Different Sources of Coverage, 06/2007, view details
  • Rural Inpatient Psychiatric Units Improve Access to Community-Based Mental Health Services, but Medicare Payment Policy a Barrier, 08/2007, view details
  • Substance Abuse Among Rural Youth: A Little Meth and a Lot of Booze, 06/2007, view details

2006

  • Rural Health Research in Progress in the Rural Health Research Centers Program, 10th Edition, 02/2006, view details
  • Rural Residents More Likely to be Underinsured, 2006, view details

2005

  • Mental Health Encounters in Critical Access Hospital Emergency Rooms: A National Survey, 09/2005, view details
  • Rural Health Research in Progress in the Rural Health Research Centers Program, 9th Edition, 02/2005, view details

2003

  • The Characteristics and Roles of Rural Health Clinics in the United States: A Chartbook, 01/2003, view details
  • Health Insurance Coverage of the Rural and Urban Near Elderly, 10/2003, view details

2002

  • Diabetes and the Rural Safety Net, 01/2002, view details
  • The Role of Community Mental Health Centers as Rural Safety Net Providers, 11/2002, view details
  • State Licensure Laws and the Mental Health Professions: Implications for the Rural Mental Health Workforce, 10/2002, view details

2001

  • Addressing Mental Health Workforce Needs in Underserved Rural Areas: Accomplishments and Challenges, 10/2001, view details
  • Admission Severity and Mortality Rates Among Rural and Urban Nursing Facility Residents with Dementia, 03/2001, view details
  • Developing Affordable Non-Medical Residential Care in Rural Communities: Barriers and Opportunities, 05/2001, view details
  • Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health in Rural Areas, 01/2001, view details
  • Patterns of Health Insurance Coverage Among Rural and Urban Children, 11/2001, view details