Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Hospitals

Developing Indicators to Document the Community Impact of Critical Access Hospitals
Provides tools for Critical Access Hospitals to strategically manage, monitor, and report their community impact activities.
Author(s): John A. Gale, Jennifer Lenardson, Andrew Coburn, Melanie Race
Date: 05/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Far From the City: Community Orientation and Responsiveness of Rural Hospitals
Reports the findings of a national study focused on variation in hospital community orientation and responsiveness across differing rural contexts.
Date: 05/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Prevalence of Evidence-Based Safe Medication Practices in Small Rural Hospitals
Describes the prevalence of evidence-based safe medication practices, including the use of voluntary medication error reporting, in small rural hospitals.
Author(s): Gary Cochran, Katherine Jones, Liyan Xu, Keith Mueller
Date: 04/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Community Benefit and Impact of Critical Access Hospitals: The Results of the 2007 CAH Survey
Reports results from a 2007 survey of 381 Critical Access Hospital (CAH) administrators assessing the community benefit and overall impact of CAHs, their activities, and their efforts to address unmet community health needs.
Date: 03/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Critical Access Hospitals' Experiences with Medicare Advantage Plans
Examines findings from a survey of 60 Critical Access Hospital (CAH) administrators about their experiences with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Discussion topics include CAH interactions with MA, reimbursement terms, financial performance, revenue, and relationship with beneficiaries.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Keith Mueller
Date: 03/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Differences in Measurement of Operating Margin
Considers how differences in measurement of operating margin for hospitals can affect the reported values.
Author(s): George Pink, Ann Howard, George Mark Holmes, Roger Thompson, Rebecca Slifkin
Date: 03/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Critical Access Hospital Quality Improvement Activities and Reporting on Quality Measures: Results of the 2007 National CAH Survey
Reports on Critical Access Hospitals' involvement with a wide range of quality improvement initiatives, particularly patient and medication safety.
Author(s): Michelle Casey
Date: 03/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, 2008
Annual review of Medicare payment policies, with recommendations to Congress. Discussions of rural aspects of Medicare payment policies are included throughout the report.
Date: 03/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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Implementing a New USDA Rural Development Program Targeting Small Rural Hospitals and Their Communities: Recommendations of the RUPRI Health Panel
Lists recommendations for implementing a new USDA Rural Development program, as included in the Senate Farm Bill proposal, should it be enacted into law. Discusses program goals to strengthen rural healthcare delivery systems, to provide necessary healthcare services to rural residents in a cost-effective manner.
Author(s): Andrew F. Coburn, A. Clinton MacKinney, Timothy D. McBride, et al.
Date: 03/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Regional Variation in Rural Hospital Charges Due to Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
Estimates and documents charges associated with hospitalizations due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions in rural hospitals by region.
Author(s): Li-Wu Chen, Wanqing Zhang, Junfeng Sun, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 12/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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