Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare facilities
A Comparison of Rural Hospitals with Special Medicare Payment Provisions to Urban and Rural Hospitals Paid Under Prospective Payment
Compares the financial performance and condition of rural hospitals with special Medicare payment provisions - Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDHs), Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs), and Rural Referral Centers (RRCs) - to urban and rural hospitals paid under prospective payment.
Additional links: Findings Brief: A Financial Comparison of Rural Hospitals With Special Medicare Payment Provisions to Hospitals Paid Under Prospective Payment, 4/2010, Findings Brief: Profitability of Rural Hospitals Paid Under Prospective Payment Compared to Rural Hospitals with Special Medicare Payment Provisions, 9/2010
Author(s): G. Mark Holmes, George H. Pink, Sarah A. Friedman, Hilda A. Howard
Date: 08/2010
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Compares the financial performance and condition of rural hospitals with special Medicare payment provisions - Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDHs), Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs), and Rural Referral Centers (RRCs) - to urban and rural hospitals paid under prospective payment.
Additional links: Findings Brief: A Financial Comparison of Rural Hospitals With Special Medicare Payment Provisions to Hospitals Paid Under Prospective Payment, 4/2010, Findings Brief: Profitability of Rural Hospitals Paid Under Prospective Payment Compared to Rural Hospitals with Special Medicare Payment Provisions, 9/2010
Author(s): G. Mark Holmes, George H. Pink, Sarah A. Friedman, Hilda A. Howard
Date: 08/2010
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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A National View of Rural Health Workforce Issues in the USA
Findings from a nationwide survey of rural hospital chief executive officers (CEOs). Topics addressed include their assessments of health workforce shortages and perceptions about factors influencing recruitment and retention.
Author(s): MacDowell M., Glasser M., Fitts M., Nielsen K., Hunsaker M.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 10(3), 1531
Date: 07/2010
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Findings from a nationwide survey of rural hospital chief executive officers (CEOs). Topics addressed include their assessments of health workforce shortages and perceptions about factors influencing recruitment and retention.
Author(s): MacDowell M., Glasser M., Fitts M., Nielsen K., Hunsaker M.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 10(3), 1531
Date: 07/2010
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Evaluation of a Patient Assistance Program Pilot Project at Health Clinics in the Appalachian Region During Fiscal Year 2007 & 2008
Analyzes the administrative burdens faced by rural providers in accessing donated medications from pharmaceutical company assistance programs for their low-income patients.
Date: 06/2010
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Analyzes the administrative burdens faced by rural providers in accessing donated medications from pharmaceutical company assistance programs for their low-income patients.
Date: 06/2010
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Patient Assessments and Quality of Care in Rural Hospitals
Analyzes the relationships between rural patients' perspectives of hospital quality of care and key hospital characteristics that may influence patients' experiences of hospital care. Includes some breakdowns for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Uses data from the Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Michelle M. Casey, Gestur Davidson
Date: 06/2010
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Analyzes the relationships between rural patients' perspectives of hospital quality of care and key hospital characteristics that may influence patients' experiences of hospital care. Includes some breakdowns for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Uses data from the Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey.
Additional links: Policy Brief
Author(s): Michelle M. Casey, Gestur Davidson
Date: 06/2010
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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The Provision of Mental Health Services by Rural Health Clinics
Reports on a study that examined changes in the delivery of mental health services by RHCs, operational characteristics of these services, barriers and challenges experienced by RHCs, and policy options to encourage more RHCs to deliver mental health services.
Author(s): John A. Gale, Barbara Shaw, David Hartley, Stephenie Loux
Date: 05/2010
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Reports on a study that examined changes in the delivery of mental health services by RHCs, operational characteristics of these services, barriers and challenges experienced by RHCs, and policy options to encourage more RHCs to deliver mental health services.
Author(s): John A. Gale, Barbara Shaw, David Hartley, Stephenie Loux
Date: 05/2010
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Pediatric Care in Rural Hospital Emergency Departments
Analyzes data from the Emergency Pediatric Services and Equipment Supplement (EPSES) to the National Hospital Ambulatory Medicare Care Survey comparing rural and urban hospitals' responses on various dimensions of pediatric emergency department care.
Author(s): Victoria A. Freeman, Randy K. Randolph, Stephanie Poley, Sarah Friedman, Rebecca T. Slifkin
Date: 05/2010
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Analyzes data from the Emergency Pediatric Services and Equipment Supplement (EPSES) to the National Hospital Ambulatory Medicare Care Survey comparing rural and urban hospitals' responses on various dimensions of pediatric emergency department care.
Author(s): Victoria A. Freeman, Randy K. Randolph, Stephanie Poley, Sarah Friedman, Rebecca T. Slifkin
Date: 05/2010
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Encouraging Rural Health Clinics to Provide Mental Health Services: What are the Options?
Examines changes in the delivery of mental health services by Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), their operational characteristics, barriers to the development of services, and policy options to encourage more RHCs to deliver mental health services.
Author(s): John Gale, David Hartley, Barbara Shaw, Stephanie Loux
Date: 05/2010
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Examines changes in the delivery of mental health services by Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), their operational characteristics, barriers to the development of services, and policy options to encourage more RHCs to deliver mental health services.
Author(s): John Gale, David Hartley, Barbara Shaw, Stephanie Loux
Date: 05/2010
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Electronic Medical Record Systems in Critical Access Hospitals: Leadership Perspectives on Anticipated and Realized Benefits
Examines the efficacy of electronic medical records (EMRs) in reducing healthcare costs while also improving performance and quality in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Also discusses the reasons CAH leadership may choose to implement an EMR, and whether anticipated benefits have generally been realized. Results are based on a survey of leadership from 15 Iowa-based CAHs.
Author(s): Troy R. Mills, Jared Vavroch, James A. Bahensky, Marcia M. Ward
Citation: Perspectives in Health Information Management, 7, 1c
Date: 04/2010
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Examines the efficacy of electronic medical records (EMRs) in reducing healthcare costs while also improving performance and quality in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Also discusses the reasons CAH leadership may choose to implement an EMR, and whether anticipated benefits have generally been realized. Results are based on a survey of leadership from 15 Iowa-based CAHs.
Author(s): Troy R. Mills, Jared Vavroch, James A. Bahensky, Marcia M. Ward
Citation: Perspectives in Health Information Management, 7, 1c
Date: 04/2010
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States' Use of Cost-Based Reimbursement for Medicaid Services at Critical Access Hospitals
Explains cost-based reimbursement for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Documents which of the 45 states with CAHs utilize a cost-based reimbursement methodology for Medicaid.
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Mike Hamon, Caitlin Nelligan
Date: 04/2010
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Explains cost-based reimbursement for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Documents which of the 45 states with CAHs utilize a cost-based reimbursement methodology for Medicaid.
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Mike Hamon, Caitlin Nelligan
Date: 04/2010
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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A Manual on Effective Collaboration Between Critical Access Hospitals and Federally Qualified Health Centers
Highlights how through cooperation and collaboration, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), especially those near each other and serving similar communities, can meet community needs, enhance roles, and stabilize and expand needed services and rural delivery systems.
Date: 04/2010
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Highlights how through cooperation and collaboration, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), especially those near each other and serving similar communities, can meet community needs, enhance roles, and stabilize and expand needed services and rural delivery systems.
Date: 04/2010
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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