Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Access
Rural Health Clinics: Rising Program Expenditures Not Focused on Improving Care in Isolated Areas
A review of the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) program. Examined whether the RHC program provides primary care access to Medicare and Medicaid recipients who otherwise would not have it. Also looked at controls in place for payments to RHCs from Medicare and Medicaid.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 02/1997
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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A review of the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) program. Examined whether the RHC program provides primary care access to Medicare and Medicaid recipients who otherwise would not have it. Also looked at controls in place for payments to RHCs from Medicare and Medicaid.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 02/1997
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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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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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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NTIA Data Explorer
Interactive tool displaying data from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Internet Use Survey on internet use, device use, non-use of the internet at home, household connectivity, and online activities nationally and by state. Includes options to present data as a map, chart, table, or fact sheet. Presents the option to view data by state and demographic characteristics, such as age group, employment status, and population density (metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and non-MSA status).
Sponsoring organization: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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Interactive tool displaying data from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Internet Use Survey on internet use, device use, non-use of the internet at home, household connectivity, and online activities nationally and by state. Includes options to present data as a map, chart, table, or fact sheet. Presents the option to view data by state and demographic characteristics, such as age group, employment status, and population density (metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and non-MSA status).
Sponsoring organization: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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Indigenous Healthcare Advancements - WayFinder
Searchable mapping system that helps users to locate healthcare systems that serve American Indian and Alaska Native patients. Allows patients to locate Indian Health Service (IHS), tribe-operated, urban Indian, or community-based facilities by city, ZIP code, reservation, or current location. WayFinder shows locations on a map and provides the address, contact information, and healthcare services provided, as well as other types of facility offerings.
Sponsoring organization: Indigenous Healthcare Advancements
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Searchable mapping system that helps users to locate healthcare systems that serve American Indian and Alaska Native patients. Allows patients to locate Indian Health Service (IHS), tribe-operated, urban Indian, or community-based facilities by city, ZIP code, reservation, or current location. WayFinder shows locations on a map and provides the address, contact information, and healthcare services provided, as well as other types of facility offerings.
Sponsoring organization: Indigenous Healthcare Advancements
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UVM CORA Co-Occurring PTSD and OUD Toolkit
Toolkit provides evidence-based assessments, treatment and training materials, and educational resources for behavioral health professionals providing care to rural people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and opioid use disorder (OUD). Discusses the challenges of treating OUD with co-occurring PTSD and highlights strategies for assessment, counseling, and/or referrals.
Sponsoring organization: University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction
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Toolkit provides evidence-based assessments, treatment and training materials, and educational resources for behavioral health professionals providing care to rural people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and opioid use disorder (OUD). Discusses the challenges of treating OUD with co-occurring PTSD and highlights strategies for assessment, counseling, and/or referrals.
Sponsoring organization: University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction
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Expanding Access: Supporting Mobile Unit Understanding & Development for Rural Health Clinics
Provides an overview of mobile health units and how they can increase access to care in rural and underserved areas. Describes federal and state policy considerations for implementing a mobile unit program. Highlights mobile health models included in state Rural Health Transformation Program applications. Offers links to additional resources and information about technical assistance for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) exploring the addition and operation of mobile units.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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Provides an overview of mobile health units and how they can increase access to care in rural and underserved areas. Describes federal and state policy considerations for implementing a mobile unit program. Highlights mobile health models included in state Rural Health Transformation Program applications. Offers links to additional resources and information about technical assistance for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) exploring the addition and operation of mobile units.
Sponsoring organization: National Association of Rural Health Clinics
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Rural Data Analysis Dashboard: A Comparative Analysis of Health Data for the New England Region
Highlights areas in which health and health-related statistics in rural areas of New England differ from those in nonrural areas. Organizes county-level data into rural tiers, allowing users to make rural comparisons between similarly classified areas across the region. Presents data elements in an interactive interface, using both a map/chart display and a tabular summary.
Sponsoring organization: New England Rural Health Association
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Highlights areas in which health and health-related statistics in rural areas of New England differ from those in nonrural areas. Organizes county-level data into rural tiers, allowing users to make rural comparisons between similarly classified areas across the region. Presents data elements in an interactive interface, using both a map/chart display and a tabular summary.
Sponsoring organization: New England Rural Health Association
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2026 Primary Care Scorecard Data Dashboard
Interactive dashboard providing national- and state-level data on primary care indicators. Indicators cover financing, access to care, training of the healthcare workforce, and federal investment in primary care research. Includes data on primary care spending as a share of Medicare fee-for-service in rural areas, the number of primary care providers per capita, and the percentage of all residents and primary care residents trained in rural or medically underserved areas.
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Interactive dashboard providing national- and state-level data on primary care indicators. Indicators cover financing, access to care, training of the healthcare workforce, and federal investment in primary care research. Includes data on primary care spending as a share of Medicare fee-for-service in rural areas, the number of primary care providers per capita, and the percentage of all residents and primary care residents trained in rural or medically underserved areas.
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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