The Differential Effects of Rural Health Care Access on Race-Specific Mortality

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Investigates the association between race-specific rural mortality and the health infrastructure of rural counties using data from the National Center for Health Statistics Compressed Mortality File (2008-2012); county-level demographic, socioeconomic, and healthcare indicators from Health Resources and Services Administration's Area Health Resource File; and the U.S. Census. Covers the rural public health infrastructure index that indicates the presence or absence of 4 types of healthcare measures: public health employees, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) or rural referral centers, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), and emergency departments within counties.

Jeralynn Cossman, Wesley James, Julia Kay Wolf

SSM Population Health, 3, 618-623

12/2017

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Access · Black or African American · Critical Access Hospitals · Health disparities · Healthcare facilities · Rural Health Clinics · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data