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Resources by Topic: Rural-urban differences

Housing Across the Life Span: Consumer Knowledge, Preferences, and Barriers
Results of a survey of 668 residents of North Dakota and South Dakota, measuring the perceived importance of housing traits that will enable people to age in place, including access to healthcare. Features demographic statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural location.
Author(s): Leacey E. Brown, Jane Strommen, Susan Ray-Degges
Date: 06/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: South Dakota State University Extension
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The Training Pipeline for EMS Personnel in South Carolina
Results of a 2017-2018 survey of all South Carolina institutions and regional EMS training centers that prepare students to take national EMS certification exams. Features county-level maps showing numbers of graduates of programs for emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs (AEMTs), and paramedics, with breakdowns by rural or urban location.
Author(s): Linda M. Lacey
Date: 06/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: South Carolina EMS Association, South Carolina Office for Healthcare Workforce
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Accountable Care Organizations Exiting the Medicare Shared Savings Program: Policy and Organizational Determinants
Poster presented at the 2019 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting on trends in Accountable Care Organization (ACO) exits. Identifies organizational factors such as rural/urban location affecting ACO exit, as well as policy-related motivations, such as financial incentives.
Author(s): Huang Huang, Xi Zhu, Keith Mueller, Clinton MacKinney
Date: 06/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: University of Iowa College of Public Health
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A National Study of the Practice Characteristics of Women in Dentistry and Potential Impacts on Access to Care for Underserved Communities
Results of a study to understand differences in practice characteristics by gender, and to plan for changes in the workforce that could affect supply and demand of dental services in underserved areas. Features statistics including practice patterns by gender and year from 2010-2016 with breakdowns by practice location in rural area, small town, micropolitan, metropolitan, or large metropolitan area.
Author(s): Simona Surdu, Margaret Langelier, Yuhao Liu, Nubia Goodwin
Date: 06/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Health Workforce Studies
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Trends in Non‐Hispanic White Mortality in the United States by Metropolitan‐Nonmetropolitan Status and Region, 1990–2016
Explores mortality trends among non-Hispanic White people in rural versus urban communities. Breaks down data by sex, large central metro, large metro suburb, small/medium metro, and nonmetro areas.
Author(s): Irma T. Elo, Arun S. Hendi, Jessica Y. Ho, et al.
Citation: Population and Development Review, 45(3), 549-583
Date: 06/2019
Type: Document
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Access to Hospital Maternity Care Units in Rural America
Webinar slides discussing the state of hospital-based obstetric units in rural areas. Looks at some of the characteristics of rural communities that correlate with obstetric closures and highlights some of the implications of lacking obstetric care.
Author(s): Peiyin Hung, Katy B. Kozhimannil, Ira S. Moscovice, et al.
Date: 06/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Minority Health Research Center (formerly the South Carolina Rural Health Research Center)
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Factors Determining Patients' Choice Between Mobile Health and Telemedicine: Predictive Analytics Assessment
Results of a study to examine factors influencing the choice of communication medium for receiving healthcare, through analysis of mobile health versus telemedicine visits with a virtual urgent clinic. Features statistics including demographics of virtual urgent clinic users, with breakdowns by urban and rural settings.
Author(s): Saif Khairat, Songzi Liu, Tanzila Zaman, Barbara Edson, Robert Gianforcaro
Citation: JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, 7(6)
Date: 06/2019
Type: Document
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Characteristics of US Counties With High Opioid Overdose Mortality and Low Capacity to Deliver Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Highlights a study on opioid overdose mortality in U.S. counties that lack the capacity to treat opioid use disorder. Breaks down counties by patient demographic and geographic region, as well as by rural, metropolitan, and micropolitan status.
Author(s): Rebecca L. Haffajee, Lewei Allison Lin, Amy S. B. Bohnert, Jason E. Goldstick
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 2(6)
Date: 06/2019
Type: Document
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Geographic Expansion of Federally Qualified Health Centers 2007-2014
Details a study on the geographic distribution of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) from 2007-2014. Looks at the percentage of FQHCs in rural and high poverty areas.
Author(s): Chiang-Hua Chang, Julie PW Bynum, Jon D. Lurie
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 35(3), 385-394
Date: 06/2019
Type: Document
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QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Motor Vehicle Traffic Death Rates, by Urban-Rural Status and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2017
Bar chart showing urban and rural deaths per 100,000 overall, for males, and for females.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 68(25), 573
Date: 06/2019
Type: Chart/Graph
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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