Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Healthcare needs and services
Health, United States, 2009: With Special Feature on Medical Technology
Presents an annual overview of national trends in health statistics. Covers health status and determinants, healthcare utilization, access, and expenditures. Includes data on rural areas - see index under "metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data." 2009 edition includes a section focused on medical technology.
Date: 2009
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Presents an annual overview of national trends in health statistics. Covers health status and determinants, healthcare utilization, access, and expenditures. Includes data on rural areas - see index under "metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data." 2009 edition includes a section focused on medical technology.
Date: 2009
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Handbook for Rural Health Care Ethics: A Practical Guide for Professionals
Analyzes, solves, and anticipates healthcare ethics dilemmas to provide general ethics information and related guidance for clinicians and administrators of rural health care facilities.
Date: 2009
Sponsoring organization: Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Department of Community & Family Medicine
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Analyzes, solves, and anticipates healthcare ethics dilemmas to provide general ethics information and related guidance for clinicians and administrators of rural health care facilities.
Date: 2009
Sponsoring organization: Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Department of Community & Family Medicine
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Coming Home: The Patient-Centered Medical-Dental Home in Primary Care Training: Seventh Annual Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to Congress
Outlines 9 recommendations for the Title VII, section 747 program to support primary care training and to prepare training programs to educate clinicians to practice in the patient-centered medical home and dental home (PCM-DH). Addresses issues and topics specifically related to rural areas.
Date: 12/2008
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Outlines 9 recommendations for the Title VII, section 747 program to support primary care training and to prepare training programs to educate clinicians to practice in the patient-centered medical home and dental home (PCM-DH). Addresses issues and topics specifically related to rural areas.
Date: 12/2008
Sponsoring organization: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
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Implementation of Telepharmacy in Rural Hospitals: Potential for Improving Medication Safety
Describes successful telepharmacy activities being implemented in rural hospitals and analyzes policy issues related to the implementation of telepharmacy projects in rural hospitals.
Additional links: Policy Brief, March 2009
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Walter Elias, Alana Knudson, Walter Gregg
Date: 12/2008
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Describes successful telepharmacy activities being implemented in rural hospitals and analyzes policy issues related to the implementation of telepharmacy projects in rural hospitals.
Additional links: Policy Brief, March 2009
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Walter Elias, Alana Knudson, Walter Gregg
Date: 12/2008
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Wyoming Primary Care Gaps and Policy Options
Provides an overview of the primary care workforce shortages in Wyoming. Discusses examples and policy options that could be implemented to bolster the primary care workforce within the state. Provides statistics on primary care providers by county and by provider characteristics.
Author(s): Susan M. Skillman, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Mark P. Doescher, Barbara J. Robinson
Date: 12/2008
Sponsoring organization: UW Center for Health Workforce Studies
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Provides an overview of the primary care workforce shortages in Wyoming. Discusses examples and policy options that could be implemented to bolster the primary care workforce within the state. Provides statistics on primary care providers by county and by provider characteristics.
Author(s): Susan M. Skillman, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Mark P. Doescher, Barbara J. Robinson
Date: 12/2008
Sponsoring organization: UW Center for Health Workforce Studies
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Health, United States, 2008: With Special Feature on the Health of Young Adults
Presents an annual overview of national trends in health statistics. Covers health status and determinants, healthcare utilization, access, and expenditures. Includes data on rural areas - see index under "metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data." 2008 edition includes a special feature on young adults age 18-29 years.
Date: 12/2008
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Presents an annual overview of national trends in health statistics. Covers health status and determinants, healthcare utilization, access, and expenditures. Includes data on rural areas - see index under "metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data." 2008 edition includes a special feature on young adults age 18-29 years.
Date: 12/2008
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance: Pacific Island United States Territories, 2007
Summarizes results from surveys of students in grades 9-12 conducted in five territories: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau, during January-June 2007.
Author(s): Jaclynn Lippe, Nancy Brener, Laura Kann. et al.
Citation: MMWR Surveillance Summary, 57(SS12), 28-56
Date: 11/2008
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Summarizes results from surveys of students in grades 9-12 conducted in five territories: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau, during January-June 2007.
Author(s): Jaclynn Lippe, Nancy Brener, Laura Kann. et al.
Citation: MMWR Surveillance Summary, 57(SS12), 28-56
Date: 11/2008
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Rural Health Roundtables: A Strategy for Collaborative Engagement In and Between Rural Communities
Explores a strategy for relationship building within rural communities in order to overcome resource deficits when responding to public health emergencies and natural disasters.
Author(s): CL Pennel, SK Carpender, BJ Quiram
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 8(4), 1054
Date: 11/2008
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Explores a strategy for relationship building within rural communities in order to overcome resource deficits when responding to public health emergencies and natural disasters.
Author(s): CL Pennel, SK Carpender, BJ Quiram
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 8(4), 1054
Date: 11/2008
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Rural Adults Face Parity Problems & Other Barriers to Appropriate Mental Health Care
Summarizes a study on access to mental health services for rural Americans. Discusses lack of insurance, cost sharing, and the limited supply of mental health professionals and compares the differences found in rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Erika Ziller, Nathaniel Anderson, Andrew Coburn
Date: 11/2008
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Summarizes a study on access to mental health services for rural Americans. Discusses lack of insurance, cost sharing, and the limited supply of mental health professionals and compares the differences found in rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Erika Ziller, Nathaniel Anderson, Andrew Coburn
Date: 11/2008
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Experiences of Critical Access Hospitals in the Provision of Emergency Medical Services
Examines the experiences of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in operating an emergency medical services (EMS) unit. Findings are based on a rural ambulance service literature review and interviews with administrators and ambulance staff from five CAHs. Discusses the benefits and challenges that CAH providers face in operating EMS services.
Author(s): Janet P. Sutton, June Eichner
Date: 10/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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Examines the experiences of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in operating an emergency medical services (EMS) unit. Findings are based on a rural ambulance service literature review and interviews with administrators and ambulance staff from five CAHs. Discusses the benefits and challenges that CAH providers face in operating EMS services.
Author(s): Janet P. Sutton, June Eichner
Date: 10/2008
Sponsoring organization: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
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