Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Access
Health Care Shortage Areas: Designations Not a Useful Tool for Directing Resources to the Underserved
Discusses the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and Medically Underserved Area (MUA) designations and how well these designations help target federal resources to benefit those who are underserved.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 09/1995
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Discusses the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and Medically Underserved Area (MUA) designations and how well these designations help target federal resources to benefit those who are underserved.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 09/1995
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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If You Knew the Conditions: Health Care to Native Americans
Summarizes the history of administration of healthcare to Native American recipients by the United States government. Includes biographies of famous Native American physicians. Online version of a 1994 exhibit on Native American Health.
Date: 1994
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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Summarizes the history of administration of healthcare to Native American recipients by the United States government. Includes biographies of famous Native American physicians. Online version of a 1994 exhibit on Native American Health.
Date: 1994
Sponsoring organization: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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Developing Rural Health Networks Under the EACH/RPCH Program: Interim Report of the Evaluation of the Essential Access Community Hospital/Rural Primary Care Hospital Program
Describes the initial development of the Essential Access Community Hospital (EACH) program from October 1991 through December 1992. The program recognized a limited-service facility, the Rural Primary Care Hospital, and linked each RPCH into a network tied to a larger supporting Essential Access Community Hospital.
Author(s): Suzanne Felt, George Wright
Date: 09/1993
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica Policy Research
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Describes the initial development of the Essential Access Community Hospital (EACH) program from October 1991 through December 1992. The program recognized a limited-service facility, the Rural Primary Care Hospital, and linked each RPCH into a network tied to a larger supporting Essential Access Community Hospital.
Author(s): Suzanne Felt, George Wright
Date: 09/1993
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica Policy Research
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Medical Assistance Facilities: A Demonstration Program to Provide Access to Health Care in Frontier Communities
Describes the Health Care Financing Administration's Medical Assistance Facility (MAF) demonstration program, which aimed to preserve healthcare access in frontier areas of Montana by converting full-service hospitals into low-intensity, short-stay healthcare service centers. Examines the impact of the program on access to inpatient care.
Date: 07/1993
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Describes the Health Care Financing Administration's Medical Assistance Facility (MAF) demonstration program, which aimed to preserve healthcare access in frontier areas of Montana by converting full-service hospitals into low-intensity, short-stay healthcare service centers. Examines the impact of the program on access to inpatient care.
Date: 07/1993
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Health Care in Rural America
Report focuses on access of people in rural America to basic healthcare services. An important source of rural health information that continues to be of historical value. Covers rural populations and health programs, rural health services, and workforce. Detailed information on maternal and infant health services and rural mental health services.
Date: 09/1990
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment
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Report focuses on access of people in rural America to basic healthcare services. An important source of rural health information that continues to be of historical value. Covers rural populations and health programs, rural health services, and workforce. Detailed information on maternal and infant health services and rural mental health services.
Date: 09/1990
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment
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National Rural Adolescent and Child Health ECHO Training Center
Works to ensure children and adolescents in rural and frontier communities have access to pediatric mental and behavioral healthcare. Provides training and technical assistance for programs and providers. Operates under the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Pediatrics
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Works to ensure children and adolescents in rural and frontier communities have access to pediatric mental and behavioral healthcare. Provides training and technical assistance for programs and providers. Operates under the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Sponsoring organization: American Academy of Pediatrics
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Louisiana State Health Improvement Plan
Reports on priorities and goals to improve the heath of Louisianans. Features data and discussion of topics including access to care, adverse childhood experiences, drug misuse, chronic health conditions, community factors influencing health, community resilience, birth outcomes, child and adolescent health, and more. Includes parish-level data for select indicators.
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Reports on priorities and goals to improve the heath of Louisianans. Features data and discussion of topics including access to care, adverse childhood experiences, drug misuse, chronic health conditions, community factors influencing health, community resilience, birth outcomes, child and adolescent health, and more. Includes parish-level data for select indicators.
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Louisiana State Health Assessment
Dashboard providing data on the health of people in Louisiana. Examines demographics, community-level factors influencing health, health behaviors and exposures, and medical conditions. Includes parish-level data breakdowns, with additional comparisons of rural, partially rural, and urban parishes for select indicators.
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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Dashboard providing data on the health of people in Louisiana. Examines demographics, community-level factors influencing health, health behaviors and exposures, and medical conditions. Includes parish-level data breakdowns, with additional comparisons of rural, partially rural, and urban parishes for select indicators.
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics (SCHS): Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS): 2023 Survey Results
Provides survey data on health behaviors and health status in North Carolina for the year 2023. Covers access to care, exercise, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, immunization, H.I.V./AIDS, long-term COVID effects, disabilities, chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and arthritis, and more. Data comparing responses from rural, suburban, and urban counties can be accessed via data tables for each question asked.
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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Provides survey data on health behaviors and health status in North Carolina for the year 2023. Covers access to care, exercise, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, immunization, H.I.V./AIDS, long-term COVID effects, disabilities, chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and arthritis, and more. Data comparing responses from rural, suburban, and urban counties can be accessed via data tables for each question asked.
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
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Mental Health America: Rural Mental Health Resources
Highlights resources and information on rural mental health and wellbeing. Discusses mental healthcare access, stigma, telehealth, rural isolation and loneliness, and youth mental health in rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: Mental Health America
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Highlights resources and information on rural mental health and wellbeing. Discusses mental healthcare access, stigma, telehealth, rural isolation and loneliness, and youth mental health in rural communities.
Sponsoring organization: Mental Health America
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