Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Inpatient care
Inpatient Stays in Rural Hospitals, 2007
Presents data on rural hospital inpatient stays in 2007. Compares rural and urban hospital utilization, hospital characteristics, resources, patient characteristics, common procedures, and principal diagnoses.
Author(s): Elizabeth Stranges, Laurel Holmquist, Roxanne M. Andrews
Date: 01/2010
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Presents data on rural hospital inpatient stays in 2007. Compares rural and urban hospital utilization, hospital characteristics, resources, patient characteristics, common procedures, and principal diagnoses.
Author(s): Elizabeth Stranges, Laurel Holmquist, Roxanne M. Andrews
Date: 01/2010
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Rural Issues Related to Bundled Payments for Acute Care Episodes
Describes challenges to implementing bundled payments in rural settings and discusses potential contracting and reimbursement strategies to address these challenges.
Author(s): Robert Town, Walter Gregg, Ira Moscovice, et al.
Date: 06/2009
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Describes challenges to implementing bundled payments in rural settings and discusses potential contracting and reimbursement strategies to address these challenges.
Author(s): Robert Town, Walter Gregg, Ira Moscovice, et al.
Date: 06/2009
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Ambulatory Care Sensitive Condition Hospitalizations Among Rural Children
Reports results from a study examining children's inpatient hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs), rural residence, poverty, health insurance, and physician supply. Admission rates for five conditions were examined: asthma, diabetes short-term complications, gastroenteritis, urinary tract infection, and perforated appendix.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Alana Knudson, Michele Burlew, Gestur Davidson
Date: 06/2007
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Reports results from a study examining children's inpatient hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs), rural residence, poverty, health insurance, and physician supply. Admission rates for five conditions were examined: asthma, diabetes short-term complications, gastroenteritis, urinary tract infection, and perforated appendix.
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Alana Knudson, Michele Burlew, Gestur Davidson
Date: 06/2007
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Rural Hospitals' Ability to Finance Inpatient, Skilled Nursing and Home Health Care
Reports on how rural hospitals restructured their operations in response to the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), which reduced Medicare payments for inpatient, outpatient, skilled nursing care, and home health care. Discusses Critical Access Hospitals.
Author(s): Jeffrey Stensland, Ira Moscovice
Date: 10/2001
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Reports on how rural hospitals restructured their operations in response to the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA), which reduced Medicare payments for inpatient, outpatient, skilled nursing care, and home health care. Discusses Critical Access Hospitals.
Author(s): Jeffrey Stensland, Ira Moscovice
Date: 10/2001
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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Medical Assistance Facilities: A Demonstration Program to Provide Access to Health Care in Frontier Communities
Describes the Health Care Financing Administration's Medical Assistance Facility (MAF) demonstration program, which aimed to preserve healthcare access in frontier areas of Montana by converting full-service hospitals into low-intensity, short-stay healthcare service centers. Examines the impact of the program on access to inpatient care.
Date: 07/1993
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Describes the Health Care Financing Administration's Medical Assistance Facility (MAF) demonstration program, which aimed to preserve healthcare access in frontier areas of Montana by converting full-service hospitals into low-intensity, short-stay healthcare service centers. Examines the impact of the program on access to inpatient care.
Date: 07/1993
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Top Five Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC) for California Hospitals
Visualizations showing the top five inpatient diagnosis groups for California hospitals in 2021. Offers data at the county level, by Health Professional Shortage Areas for primary care and mental health, by hospital, and by hospital system.
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
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Visualizations showing the top five inpatient diagnosis groups for California hospitals in 2021. Offers data at the county level, by Health Professional Shortage Areas for primary care and mental health, by hospital, and by hospital system.
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
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California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard
Dashboard of overdose data for California at the state and county levels. Includes mortality, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and prescription data. Data can be broken down by age, opioid type, race, sex, and more.
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Public Health
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Dashboard of overdose data for California at the state and county levels. Includes mortality, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and prescription data. Data can be broken down by age, opioid type, race, sex, and more.
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Public Health
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Heart Disease and Stroke In Arizona: 2019 Burden Report
Overview of cardiovascular disease and mortality in Arizona. Includes county-level data from 2017 and discusses risk factors, hospitalization, and prevention and management strategies. Lists goals to improve outcomes for Arizona residents, including rural residents.
Author(s): Michelle Sandoval-Rosario, Teresa Aseret-Manygoats, Carmen Batista, et al.
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Department of Health Services
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Overview of cardiovascular disease and mortality in Arizona. Includes county-level data from 2017 and discusses risk factors, hospitalization, and prevention and management strategies. Lists goals to improve outcomes for Arizona residents, including rural residents.
Author(s): Michelle Sandoval-Rosario, Teresa Aseret-Manygoats, Carmen Batista, et al.
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Department of Health Services
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Medicare Learning Network: Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System
Provides general information about the Medicare Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS). Includes information on Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSHs), Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs), Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDHs), the Rural Referral Center (RRC) Program, and Low-Volume Hospitals (LVH).
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Provides general information about the Medicare Acute Care Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS). Includes information on Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSHs), Sole Community Hospitals (SCHs), Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDHs), the Rural Referral Center (RRC) Program, and Low-Volume Hospitals (LVH).
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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COVID-19 Hospital Encounters by Urban-Rural Location of the Hospital by Week From Selected Hospitals
Line chart showing hospitals' percentage of confirmed COVID-19 encounters among all emergency department or inpatient encounters. Includes data from March 2020 through December 2023 for large central and fringe metro areas, medium and small metro areas, and rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Line chart showing hospitals' percentage of confirmed COVID-19 encounters among all emergency department or inpatient encounters. Includes data from March 2020 through December 2023 for large central and fringe metro areas, medium and small metro areas, and rural areas.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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