Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare needs and services
Wisconsin Rural Primary Care Workforce
Offers maps and tables of the primary care workforce distribution in Wisconsin in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): S.C. Woolcock, C.H.A. Andrilla, L.A. Garberson, J.M. Graves
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Offers maps and tables of the primary care workforce distribution in Wisconsin in 2025. Includes county-level data and rural and urban comparisons.
Author(s): S.C. Woolcock, C.H.A. Andrilla, L.A. Garberson, J.M. Graves
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Pilot Study Examining the Effect of Rurality on Engagement and Abstinence for Adult Users of a Text-Message Cessation Intervention
Examines engagement, satisfaction, and outcomes of an Mobile health (mHealth) smoking cessation program in rural and nonrural populations. Utilizes feedback from participants enrolled in a 7-week mHealth smoking cessation program based in Virginia and their perceptions on program usefulness, helpfulness toward quitting, and overall satisfaction.
Author(s): James W. Kinchen, Melissa A. Little, Lee M. Ritterband, Kara P. Wiseman
Citation: BMC Public Health, 25, 4061
Date: 11/2025
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Examines engagement, satisfaction, and outcomes of an Mobile health (mHealth) smoking cessation program in rural and nonrural populations. Utilizes feedback from participants enrolled in a 7-week mHealth smoking cessation program based in Virginia and their perceptions on program usefulness, helpfulness toward quitting, and overall satisfaction.
Author(s): James W. Kinchen, Melissa A. Little, Lee M. Ritterband, Kara P. Wiseman
Citation: BMC Public Health, 25, 4061
Date: 11/2025
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Operational Challenges and Adaptive Leadership in Emergency Departments in the United States of America: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Analyzes perspectives from emergency department (ED) leadership regarding operational challenges such as overcrowding, staffing shortages, and diminishing quality of care and provider well-being. Utilizes survey and interview data from ED leaders to examine adaptive strategies, evidence-based protocols, cross-professional collaboration, and more, with a focus on rural contexts included.
Author(s): Emmanuel Animashaun, Ellen Barnie Peprah, Olaoluwa Olorunfemi, et al.
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine, 25, 241
Date: 11/2025
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Analyzes perspectives from emergency department (ED) leadership regarding operational challenges such as overcrowding, staffing shortages, and diminishing quality of care and provider well-being. Utilizes survey and interview data from ED leaders to examine adaptive strategies, evidence-based protocols, cross-professional collaboration, and more, with a focus on rural contexts included.
Author(s): Emmanuel Animashaun, Ellen Barnie Peprah, Olaoluwa Olorunfemi, et al.
Citation: BMC Emergency Medicine, 25, 241
Date: 11/2025
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Fiscal Year 2025 Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Investments: Fact Sheet
Provides an overview of Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) grant programs in Fiscal Year 2025. Summarizes and briefly describes funding awarded to address rural behavioral health, expand the rural health workforce, increase access to care, advance maternal health, support rural health research and information dissemination, and support rural hospitals.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Provides an overview of Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) grant programs in Fiscal Year 2025. Summarizes and briefly describes funding awarded to address rural behavioral health, expand the rural health workforce, increase access to care, advance maternal health, support rural health research and information dissemination, and support rural hospitals.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Differences in Rural and Urban Patient Perceptions of Facilitative Factors for Cancer Clinical Trial Participation
Examines factors associated with cancer clinical trial participation among 15 rural and 15 urban cancer patients in Vermont. Presents data and interview excerpts illustrating rural and urban patients' relative prioritization of factors including care coordination, travel time, financial support from hospitals, treatment regimen, and more.
Author(s): Maria C. Lent, Janine Cerutti, Maija Reblin, Randall F. Holcombe
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 25, 1489
Date: 11/2025
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Examines factors associated with cancer clinical trial participation among 15 rural and 15 urban cancer patients in Vermont. Presents data and interview excerpts illustrating rural and urban patients' relative prioritization of factors including care coordination, travel time, financial support from hospitals, treatment regimen, and more.
Author(s): Maria C. Lent, Janine Cerutti, Maija Reblin, Randall F. Holcombe
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 25, 1489
Date: 11/2025
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Rural-Urban Differences in Barriers to Care and Utilization of Preventive Care Among Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries
Discusses the differences in barriers to care and preventive care utilization for older adults enrolled in traditional Medicare versus Medicare Advantage and makes a rural-urban comparison. Explores barriers to care, such as quality of care and out-of-pocket costs, as well as care utilization, such as regular vaccinations, cancer screenings, and cholesterol tests, among others.
Author(s): Gawain J. Williams, Dan M. Shane, Whitney E. Zahnd, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Discusses the differences in barriers to care and preventive care utilization for older adults enrolled in traditional Medicare versus Medicare Advantage and makes a rural-urban comparison. Explores barriers to care, such as quality of care and out-of-pocket costs, as well as care utilization, such as regular vaccinations, cancer screenings, and cholesterol tests, among others.
Author(s): Gawain J. Williams, Dan M. Shane, Whitney E. Zahnd, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality After Delivery Hospitalization Among Rural Residents Bypassing Local Care for Urban Hospitals
Examines severe maternal morbidity and mortality (SMMM) when labor and delivery patients bypass rural, local hospitals to give birth at urban hospitals. Analyzes 235,375 rural versus urban births in South Carolina and associated 1-year postpartum follow-up visit data for rates of SMMM.
Author(s): Peiyin Hung, Haoyuan Gao, Jihong Liu, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 8(11), e2544522
Date: 11/2025
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Examines severe maternal morbidity and mortality (SMMM) when labor and delivery patients bypass rural, local hospitals to give birth at urban hospitals. Analyzes 235,375 rural versus urban births in South Carolina and associated 1-year postpartum follow-up visit data for rates of SMMM.
Author(s): Peiyin Hung, Haoyuan Gao, Jihong Liu, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 8(11), e2544522
Date: 11/2025
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Urban-Rural Disparities in Spatiotemporal Accessibility of Pharmacy Care: A Case Study of Vermont, USA
Examines geographic access to pharmacy care in Vermont. Assesses spatiotemporal accessibility by analyzing pharmacy locations, hours of operation, and staffing levels according to county as well as metro, micro, or rural location.
Author(s): Samuel Roubin, Joseph Holler, Peter Kedron
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 25, 1484
Date: 11/2025
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Examines geographic access to pharmacy care in Vermont. Assesses spatiotemporal accessibility by analyzing pharmacy locations, hours of operation, and staffing levels according to county as well as metro, micro, or rural location.
Author(s): Samuel Roubin, Joseph Holler, Peter Kedron
Citation: BMC Health Services Research, 25, 1484
Date: 11/2025
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Funding Rural Health: The Role and Reach of Federal Support
A series of briefs and spotlights focused on how the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) supports population health in rural Kansas and the rural United States. Focuses on FORHP funding processes and organizational structure, distribution of funds, the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, the Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program, and Rural Communities Opioid Response Program.
Author(s): Shelby C. Rowell, Wyatt J. Beckman, Viktoria Sterkhova
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Health Institute
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A series of briefs and spotlights focused on how the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) supports population health in rural Kansas and the rural United States. Focuses on FORHP funding processes and organizational structure, distribution of funds, the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, the Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program, and Rural Communities Opioid Response Program.
Author(s): Shelby C. Rowell, Wyatt J. Beckman, Viktoria Sterkhova
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Health Institute
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A Lifeline for Rural Communities: Sutter Health's Bold Behavioral Health Access Expansion
A conversation with Dan Peterson of Sutter Health's Behavioral Health Services and Matthew White of the Behavioral Health Service Line that focuses on behavioral health access in rural areas of northern California. Discusses utilization of crisis stabilization units, clinic investments, and virtual psychiatry.
Author(s): Tom Haederle, Rebecca Chickey, Dan Peterson, Matthew White
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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A conversation with Dan Peterson of Sutter Health's Behavioral Health Services and Matthew White of the Behavioral Health Service Line that focuses on behavioral health access in rural areas of northern California. Discusses utilization of crisis stabilization units, clinic investments, and virtual psychiatry.
Author(s): Tom Haederle, Rebecca Chickey, Dan Peterson, Matthew White
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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