Rural Health
Resources by State: California
Closing the Broadband Infrastructure Gap: State Grant Funds and the Digital Divide
Analyzes Pew Trusts data on awarded broadband grants in 17 states between 2014 and 2020 to determine common characteristics of funded projects, criteria for allocation, and communities reached. Includes discussion of implications for Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funds and the impact on existing disparities. Offers rural and urban comparisons.
Additional links: Q&A with Pew Trusts, Summary
Author(s): Natassia A. Bravo, Mildred E. Warner
Date: 10/2023
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Analyzes Pew Trusts data on awarded broadband grants in 17 states between 2014 and 2020 to determine common characteristics of funded projects, criteria for allocation, and communities reached. Includes discussion of implications for Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funds and the impact on existing disparities. Offers rural and urban comparisons.
Additional links: Q&A with Pew Trusts, Summary
Author(s): Natassia A. Bravo, Mildred E. Warner
Date: 10/2023
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Telehealth and the Future of Health Care Access in California
Fact sheet offering an overview of telehealth use in California in 2022. Discusses patterns of use by insurance status, age, income, race and ethnicity, language, and geography including rurality.
Additional links: Infographic
Author(s): Sean Tan
Date: 10/2023
Sponsoring organization: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
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Fact sheet offering an overview of telehealth use in California in 2022. Discusses patterns of use by insurance status, age, income, race and ethnicity, language, and geography including rurality.
Additional links: Infographic
Author(s): Sean Tan
Date: 10/2023
Sponsoring organization: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
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SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Long COVID among California Farmworkers
Examines the prevalence of long COVID among farmworkers in a rural agricultural region of California. Utilizes 2022 California Farmworker Health Study (CFHS) data to analyze 297 farmworkers for COVID-19 health issues according to sex, age, education, household characteristics, and health characteristics.
Author(s): Ana M. Mora, Katherine Kogut, Nimrat K. Sandhu, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 40(2), 292-302
Date: 09/2023
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Examines the prevalence of long COVID among farmworkers in a rural agricultural region of California. Utilizes 2022 California Farmworker Health Study (CFHS) data to analyze 297 farmworkers for COVID-19 health issues according to sex, age, education, household characteristics, and health characteristics.
Author(s): Ana M. Mora, Katherine Kogut, Nimrat K. Sandhu, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 40(2), 292-302
Date: 09/2023
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Telehealth Use and Experiences Among California Adults
Brief outlining 2021 telehealth use and satisfaction by various California populations. Includes usage by insurance type, race and ethnicity, primary language, and more. Data breakdown includes rural residence.
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: California Health Care Foundation
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Brief outlining 2021 telehealth use and satisfaction by various California populations. Includes usage by insurance type, race and ethnicity, primary language, and more. Data breakdown includes rural residence.
Date: 09/2023
Sponsoring organization: California Health Care Foundation
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Differential Treatment and Outcomes for Patients With Heart Attacks in Advantaged and Disadvantaged Communities
Analyzes geographic disparities in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) access, treatment, and outcomes among patients with acute myocardial infarction in California using 2006-2020 patient data. Compares mortality, readmissions, same-day PCI, distance to PCI, and more by neighborhood disadvantage status. Highlights factors associated with neighborhood disadvantage including race, ethnicity, and rurality.
Author(s): Yu-Chu Shen, Nandita Sarkar, Renee Y. Hsia
Citation: Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(17), e030506
Date: 08/2023
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Analyzes geographic disparities in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) access, treatment, and outcomes among patients with acute myocardial infarction in California using 2006-2020 patient data. Compares mortality, readmissions, same-day PCI, distance to PCI, and more by neighborhood disadvantage status. Highlights factors associated with neighborhood disadvantage including race, ethnicity, and rurality.
Author(s): Yu-Chu Shen, Nandita Sarkar, Renee Y. Hsia
Citation: Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(17), e030506
Date: 08/2023
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How Academic Medicine Serves Rural Communities Across the Country
Highlights how Association of American Medical Colleges teaching hospitals and medical schools are serving patients in rural communities. Features the work of 6 institutions in North Dakota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, George, Texas, and California, and shares the challenges and successes unique to these communities.
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
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Highlights how Association of American Medical Colleges teaching hospitals and medical schools are serving patients in rural communities. Features the work of 6 institutions in North Dakota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, George, Texas, and California, and shares the challenges and successes unique to these communities.
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
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Emergency Department Interventions for Opioid Use Disorder: Overview of the Landscape, Key Components, and Analysis of Five Case Studies
Provides an overview of the evidence base for emergency department (ED)-based programs to address and treat opioid use disorders (OUD). Describes factors that motivated the development of these programs, how they are structured and financed, and barriers and facilitators to ED-based OUD treatment. Features case studies of five ED-based programs, including Marshall Medical Center in rural California.
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organizations: Brandeis University, HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Provides an overview of the evidence base for emergency department (ED)-based programs to address and treat opioid use disorders (OUD). Describes factors that motivated the development of these programs, how they are structured and financed, and barriers and facilitators to ED-based OUD treatment. Features case studies of five ED-based programs, including Marshall Medical Center in rural California.
Date: 08/2023
Sponsoring organizations: Brandeis University, HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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The Burden of Cancer in Persistent Poverty Areas of California
Compares cancer incidence between areas of persistent and non-persistent poverty in California between 2006 and 2020. Discusses the role of rurality in persistent poverty as well as county-level data. Includes breakdowns by race and ethnicity and type of cancer.
Author(s): Ani S. Movsisyan, Frances B. Maguire, Ayman T. Ullah, et al.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: California Cancer Reporting and Epidemiologic Surveillance (CalCARES) Program
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Compares cancer incidence between areas of persistent and non-persistent poverty in California between 2006 and 2020. Discusses the role of rurality in persistent poverty as well as county-level data. Includes breakdowns by race and ethnicity and type of cancer.
Author(s): Ani S. Movsisyan, Frances B. Maguire, Ayman T. Ullah, et al.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: California Cancer Reporting and Epidemiologic Surveillance (CalCARES) Program
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California 2023 Regional Health Coverage Fact Sheets
9 fact sheets showing insurance rates in California counties. Includes uninsurance rates, race and ethnicity information, Medi-Cal (Medicaid) and Medicare enrollment data, and more.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: Insure the Uninsured Project
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9 fact sheets showing insurance rates in California counties. Includes uninsurance rates, race and ethnicity information, Medi-Cal (Medicaid) and Medicare enrollment data, and more.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: Insure the Uninsured Project
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Preparing the Next Generation of the Healthcare Workforce: State Strategies for Recruitment and Retention
Provides an overview of the first year of the National Governors Association's Next Generation of the Healthcare Workforce project, which works with states on implementing strategies to strengthen and grow the next generation of the healthcare workforce. Outlines project outcomes and provides additional information on ongoing state healthcare workforce initiatives in participating states. Covers statewide cross-agency coordination, funding healthcare workforce initiatives, health equity and workforce diversity, data collection, career pathways, rural workforce, and more.
Author(s): Anna Heard, Shelby Hockenberry, Elijah McCabe, et al.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: National Governors Association
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Provides an overview of the first year of the National Governors Association's Next Generation of the Healthcare Workforce project, which works with states on implementing strategies to strengthen and grow the next generation of the healthcare workforce. Outlines project outcomes and provides additional information on ongoing state healthcare workforce initiatives in participating states. Covers statewide cross-agency coordination, funding healthcare workforce initiatives, health equity and workforce diversity, data collection, career pathways, rural workforce, and more.
Author(s): Anna Heard, Shelby Hockenberry, Elijah McCabe, et al.
Date: 07/2023
Sponsoring organization: National Governors Association
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