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Resources by Topic: Cardiovascular disease

Urban-Rural Differences in Mortality for Atrial Fibrillation Hospitalizations in the United States
Examines differences in mortality rates for rural and urban hospitals for patients hospitalized for atrial fibrillation (AF). Addresses differences by race, gender, and region, as well as common secondary diagnoses.
Author(s): Wesley T. O'Neal, Pratik B. Sandesara, Heval M. Kelli, Sanjay Venkatesh, Elsayed Z. Soliman
Citation: Heart Rhythm, 15(2), 175-179
Date: 02/2018
Type: Document
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Evaluation of an Academic-Community Partnership to Implement MTM Services in Rural Communities to Improve Pharmaceutical Care for Patients with Diabetes and/or Hypertension
Evaluates a pilot project in Arizona where community health center and independent retail pharmacies offered medication therapy management (MTM) services on site and by phone to rural, underserved Arizonans with diabetes or high blood pressure.
Author(s): Melissa Johnson, Rebecca Jastrzab, Jared Tate, et al.
Citation: Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy, 24(2), 132-141
Date: 02/2018
Type: Document
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Inpatient Stays Involving Atrial Fibrillation, 1998-2014
Examines inpatient stays involving atrial fibrillation among adults from 1998 through 2014. Includes data by location of patient residence for large metropolitan, small metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural areas.
Author(s): Elisabeth Kato, Quyen Ngo-Metzger, Kathryn R. Fingar, Kimberly W. McDermott, Anne Elixhauser
Date: 02/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Rapid Review of Rural Health Research: Resources for the Five Leading Causes of Death
Prepared to accompany the December 12-13, 2017 workshop What Works for Rural: From Research to Reality. Compiles research and resources gathered online from October 2013 to December 2017 on the topics of cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, heart disease, stroke, and unintentional injury, which includes a subsection on drug overdoses and opioids.
Date: 01/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Georgia Health Policy Center, National Network of Public Health Institutes
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Healthcare Resource Availability and Cardiovascular Health in the USA
A cross sectional, multivariate analysis investigating the relationship between provider supply and physical facilities, including Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and cardiovascular health of individuals and populations in rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Courtney S Pilkerton, Sarah S Singh, Thomas K Bias, Stephanie J Frisbee
Citation: BMJ Open, 7(12)
Date: 12/2017
Type: Document
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Cardiovascular Disease in American Indian and Alaska Native Youth: Unique Risk Factors and Areas of Scholarly Need
Summarizes the available research from a population-based study on cardiovascular disease (CVD) in American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth under the age of 21 years. Includes a discussion on the risk factors associated with environmental exposures, diet, physical activity, and early onset of obesity found in adult American Indians in rural and urban areas of Oklahoma, Arizona, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Author(s): Jason F. Deen, Alexandra K. Adams, Amanda Fretts, et al.
Citation: Journal of the American Heart Association, 6(10)
Date: 10/2017
Type: Document
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QuickStats: Percentage of All Visits by Patients Aged ≥65 Years to Office-Based Physicians Made by Patients with Hypertension, by Sex and Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) — National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2012–2015
Bar chart showing the percentage of visits to a physician by patients 65 and older who have a diagnosis of hypertension, with information overall and by gender for those living in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 66(40), 1085
Date: 10/2017
Type: Chart/Graph
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Engaging Patients and Families to Create a Feasible Clinical Trial Integrating Palliative and Heart Failure Care: Results of the Enable CHF-PC Pilot Clinical Trial
Presents the results of a study to determine the feasibility and site differences in an early palliative care (EPC) trial, the ENABLE CHF-PC (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends Comprehensive Heartcare for Patients and Caregivers). Participants were from rural and underserved areas with diverse socioeconomic and racial backgrounds. Sixty-one patients with advance heart failure and 48 caregivers participated in the program.
Author(s): Marie Bakitas, J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom, Salpy V. Pamboukian, et al.
Citation: BMC Palliative Care, 16(1), 45
Date: 08/2017
Type: Document
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Transitions in Care among Rural Residents with Congestive Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia
Findings brief examining continuum of care of Medicare patients as they are transferred from a hospital to another facility. Features statistics including patient residence and condition, admitting facility type, proportion of hospitalizations with a transfer, transfer patterns, and discharge status following transferred admission, with breakdowns by urban and rural locations.
Author(s): Kevin J. Bennett, Jarrod Bullard, Yu-Hsiu Lin, Janice C. Probst
Date: 08/2017
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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Medical Home Plus
Video featuring the Medical Home Plus project, which works to reduce diabetes, depression, and stroke risk in rural Idaho via a collaborative care model and a medical home model.
Date: 08/2017
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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