Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare needs and services
NCHS Rapid Surveys System: Illegal Drugs and Naloxone (Narcan) Awareness
Interactive data showing awareness of and perspectives on access to prescription medication, illegal drugs, and naloxone. Includes data breakdown by urbanicity and other demographic and geographic characteristics. Data gathered by the National Center for Health Statistics between October and November 2023.
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Interactive data showing awareness of and perspectives on access to prescription medication, illegal drugs, and naloxone. Includes data breakdown by urbanicity and other demographic and geographic characteristics. Data gathered by the National Center for Health Statistics between October and November 2023.
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Moving Toward Equity: An Evaluation Toolkit
Discusses how equity is connected to health outcomes for Ohio citizens and ways public health partners can evaluate progress when implementing initiatives to improve equity for disadvantaged populations, including those in rural and Appalachian areas. Focuses on assessment and planning, equitable evaluation plans, quality improvement, and collecting data.
Author(s): Carrie Almasi, Édith Nkenganyi, Tonni Oberly, Jacob Santiago
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Health Policy Institute of Ohio
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Discusses how equity is connected to health outcomes for Ohio citizens and ways public health partners can evaluate progress when implementing initiatives to improve equity for disadvantaged populations, including those in rural and Appalachian areas. Focuses on assessment and planning, equitable evaluation plans, quality improvement, and collecting data.
Author(s): Carrie Almasi, Édith Nkenganyi, Tonni Oberly, Jacob Santiago
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Health Policy Institute of Ohio
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April 2024 MedPAC Meeting Transcript
Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) April 2024 meeting. Covers telehealth in Medicare, alternative approaches to lowering Medicare payments for select conditions in inpatient rehabilitation facilities, approaches for updating the Medicare physician fee schedule, initial findings from an analysis of Medicare Part B payment rates and 340B ceiling prices, and more. Includes discussion of telehealth in rural areas and data on telehealth use in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) between 2020 and 2022.
Additional links: Telehealth in Medicare: Status Report - Presentation Slides
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Transcript from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) April 2024 meeting. Covers telehealth in Medicare, alternative approaches to lowering Medicare payments for select conditions in inpatient rehabilitation facilities, approaches for updating the Medicare physician fee schedule, initial findings from an analysis of Medicare Part B payment rates and 340B ceiling prices, and more. Includes discussion of telehealth in rural areas and data on telehealth use in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) between 2020 and 2022.
Additional links: Telehealth in Medicare: Status Report - Presentation Slides
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Perspectives on Supporting Veterans' Social Needs During Hospital to Home Health Transitions: Findings from the Transitions Nurse Program
Examines the social needs of veterans who utilize post-acute home health care (HHC) by exploring the perspectives of clinicians, care partners, and the veterans themselves. Analyzes 35 interviews that took place at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Medical Centers and discusses social needs as related to HHC, social needs screening during hospitalization, delays in HHC, and communication between HHC and VHA. Includes social need examples specific to rural veterans.
Author(s): Marguerite Daus, Marcie Lee, Lexus L. Ujano-De Motta, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 24, 520
Date: 04/2024
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Examines the social needs of veterans who utilize post-acute home health care (HHC) by exploring the perspectives of clinicians, care partners, and the veterans themselves. Analyzes 35 interviews that took place at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Medical Centers and discusses social needs as related to HHC, social needs screening during hospitalization, delays in HHC, and communication between HHC and VHA. Includes social need examples specific to rural veterans.
Author(s): Marguerite Daus, Marcie Lee, Lexus L. Ujano-De Motta, et al.
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 24, 520
Date: 04/2024
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Cancer Care Coordination in Rural Hawaii: A Focus Group Study
Presents results from focus group discussions about challenges and facilitators of coordinated care with 8 rural cancer patients receiving active treatment in Hawaii. Identifies themes related to access to care, insurance, travel, electronic patient portal use, and more.
Author(s): Shin Chang, Michelle Liu, Christa Braun-Inglis, Randall Holcombe, Izumi Okado
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 24, 518
Date: 04/2024
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Presents results from focus group discussions about challenges and facilitators of coordinated care with 8 rural cancer patients receiving active treatment in Hawaii. Identifies themes related to access to care, insurance, travel, electronic patient portal use, and more.
Author(s): Shin Chang, Michelle Liu, Christa Braun-Inglis, Randall Holcombe, Izumi Okado
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 24, 518
Date: 04/2024
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Transforming Oral Health Care in North Carolina
Makes recommendations for improving oral health access, supporting oral care workforce and providers, and promoting oral health quality and equity in North Carolina. Discusses oral health in rural and underserved areas throughout, including coverage of workforce distribution, dental safety net, and access barriers.
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Institute of Medicine
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Makes recommendations for improving oral health access, supporting oral care workforce and providers, and promoting oral health quality and equity in North Carolina. Discusses oral health in rural and underserved areas throughout, including coverage of workforce distribution, dental safety net, and access barriers.
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Institute of Medicine
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Utah Latina/o/x Suicide Decedents Less Likely to Die by Firearm, Even in Rural Areas: Examining Population-Wide Data From the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner
Highlights a study on the firearm-based suicide rate among Latina/o/x populations in rural areas. Explores the rate of rural people of Latina/o/x ethnicity who commit suicide by firearm and the percentage of rural people who commit suicide by firearm who are of Latina/o/x ethnicity.
Author(s): Douglas Tharp, Evan V. Goldstein, Richard M. Medina, et al.
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health, 12
Date: 04/2024
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Highlights a study on the firearm-based suicide rate among Latina/o/x populations in rural areas. Explores the rate of rural people of Latina/o/x ethnicity who commit suicide by firearm and the percentage of rural people who commit suicide by firearm who are of Latina/o/x ethnicity.
Author(s): Douglas Tharp, Evan V. Goldstein, Richard M. Medina, et al.
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health, 12
Date: 04/2024
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Systemic Effects of the COVID Pandemic on Rural Black American Men's Interpersonal Relationships: A Phenomenological Examination
Evaluates the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on Black men's relational health from interviews conducted in 2020 and 2021 with 17 Black men living in rural Georgia. Includes discussion of mental health, interpersonal and health behaviors, and the significance of Black men's cultural experiences for pandemic recovery interventions.
Author(s): Michael G. Curtis, Elizabeth Wieling, Chalandra Bryant, Rosalyn Denise Campbell, Steven M. Kogan
Citation: PLoS ONE, 19(4), e0297876
Date: 04/2024
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Evaluates the COVID-19 pandemic's effects on Black men's relational health from interviews conducted in 2020 and 2021 with 17 Black men living in rural Georgia. Includes discussion of mental health, interpersonal and health behaviors, and the significance of Black men's cultural experiences for pandemic recovery interventions.
Author(s): Michael G. Curtis, Elizabeth Wieling, Chalandra Bryant, Rosalyn Denise Campbell, Steven M. Kogan
Citation: PLoS ONE, 19(4), e0297876
Date: 04/2024
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Does Engagement Matter? The Impact of Patient and Community Engagement on Implementation of Cardiovascular Health Materials in Primary Care Settings
Analyzes New Mexico and Colorado primary care practices' uptake of cardiovascular disease prevention materials produced through Boot Camp Translation (BCT), a participatory research strategy where community members and patients adapt medical information into messages and materials that reflect local culture and language. Compares practices' likelihood of selecting materials produced locally and by demographically and geographically similar BCTs.
Author(s): Linda Zittleman, John M. Westfall, Danelle Callen, et al.
Citation: BMC Primary Care, 25, 135
Date: 04/2024
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Analyzes New Mexico and Colorado primary care practices' uptake of cardiovascular disease prevention materials produced through Boot Camp Translation (BCT), a participatory research strategy where community members and patients adapt medical information into messages and materials that reflect local culture and language. Compares practices' likelihood of selecting materials produced locally and by demographically and geographically similar BCTs.
Author(s): Linda Zittleman, John M. Westfall, Danelle Callen, et al.
Citation: BMC Primary Care, 25, 135
Date: 04/2024
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Non-Urgent Use of Emergency Departments by Rural and Urban Adults
Examines differences in non-urgent use of emergency departments (EDs) in rural versus urban adults as well as factors associated with non-urgent ED use. Utilizes 2014-2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data to show percentage of adults who utilized ED services, with data broken down by age, mental and physical health status, income, health insurance and primary care access status, and rural versus urban location.
Author(s): Erika Ziller, Carly Milkowski, Zachariah Croll, Yvonne Jonk
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Examines differences in non-urgent use of emergency departments (EDs) in rural versus urban adults as well as factors associated with non-urgent ED use. Utilizes 2014-2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data to show percentage of adults who utilized ED services, with data broken down by age, mental and physical health status, income, health insurance and primary care access status, and rural versus urban location.
Author(s): Erika Ziller, Carly Milkowski, Zachariah Croll, Yvonne Jonk
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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