Identification and Characteristics of Under-Resourced and High-Need Rural Counties
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Describes how county-level data on healthcare workforce, chronic disease prevalence, and socioeconomic environment of rural communities can help policymakers identify the highest need counties for targeted policy initiatives and public health intervention. Features county-level U.S. maps showing geographic distribution of chronic disease burden, socioeconomic status, physician density, and overall resource need, with shadings showing level of need or nonrural status.
Author(s)
Gabriel A. Benavidez, Emma Boswell, Peiyin Hung, Eyram Owusu-Sekyere, Elizabeth Crouch
Date
04/2026
Organization
University of South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
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· Cancer
· Cardiovascular disease
· Chronic respiratory conditions
· Diabetes
· Health workforce supply and demand
· Mental health conditions
· Obesity and weight control
· Physicians
· Public health
· Rural-urban differences
· Social determinants of health
· Statistics and data
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- University of South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, view details