Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Statistics and data
340B Benefits Patients and Communities: Examples from the Frontlines
Provides an overview of the 340B Drug Pricing Program and its impact on hospitals. Offers program examples, information, and statistics, with rural community examples included.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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Provides an overview of the 340B Drug Pricing Program and its impact on hospitals. Offers program examples, information, and statistics, with rural community examples included.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: American Hospital Association
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5 Key Facts About Medicaid and Hospitals
Provides an overview of the impact of Medicaid spending for hospitals. Discusses potential challenges facing rural hospitals if policy changes to reduce Medicaid spending are implemented. Includes data on the percentage of births financed by Medicaid overall and by urban and rural status.
Author(s): Scott Hulver, Zachary Levinson, Alice Burns, et al.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Provides an overview of the impact of Medicaid spending for hospitals. Discusses potential challenges facing rural hospitals if policy changes to reduce Medicaid spending are implemented. Includes data on the percentage of births financed by Medicaid overall and by urban and rural status.
Author(s): Scott Hulver, Zachary Levinson, Alice Burns, et al.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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The Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Landscape
Explores the current state of rural hospitals, the unique cybersecurity threats they face, and the impact of cyberattacks on rural hospitals. Discusses how technology companies can help address immediate cybersecurity risks and broader systemic challenges facing rural hospitals. Provides an overview of Microsoft's Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals Program, including case studies and lessons learned from the program's first year.
Author(s): Erin Burchfield, Rachel Clark, Laura Kreofsky
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Microsoft
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Explores the current state of rural hospitals, the unique cybersecurity threats they face, and the impact of cyberattacks on rural hospitals. Discusses how technology companies can help address immediate cybersecurity risks and broader systemic challenges facing rural hospitals. Provides an overview of Microsoft's Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals Program, including case studies and lessons learned from the program's first year.
Author(s): Erin Burchfield, Rachel Clark, Laura Kreofsky
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Microsoft
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Time to Work Together: Our Roles in Keeping and Attracting Residents
Provides data, information, and Minnesota maps related to migration patterns, county-level demographics and recreation categories, population changes, and more, with breakdowns according to entirely rural, town/rural mix, and urban/town/rural mix.
Author(s): Kelly Asche
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Provides data, information, and Minnesota maps related to migration patterns, county-level demographics and recreation categories, population changes, and more, with breakdowns according to entirely rural, town/rural mix, and urban/town/rural mix.
Author(s): Kelly Asche
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Indiana Dental Workforce in Context
Provides data on the dentist and dental hygienist workforce supply in Indiana. Includes interactive county-level maps that show Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Author(s): Zachary Ammerman
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Provides data on the dentist and dental hygienist workforce supply in Indiana. Includes interactive county-level maps that show Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Author(s): Zachary Ammerman
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Policy Considerations: The Future of Group VIII (expansion) Medicaid Coverage in Ohio
Provides information on the impact of Medicaid Expansion legislation in Ohio. Includes county-level data on percentage of population enrolled in Medicaid Group VIII as of January 2025 as well as enrollee county type by metropolitan, suburban, Appalachian, or rural. Discusses access issues and potential policy considerations.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Health Policy Institute of Ohio
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Provides information on the impact of Medicaid Expansion legislation in Ohio. Includes county-level data on percentage of population enrolled in Medicaid Group VIII as of January 2025 as well as enrollee county type by metropolitan, suburban, Appalachian, or rural. Discusses access issues and potential policy considerations.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Health Policy Institute of Ohio
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Mailed Outreach and Patient Navigation for Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Rural Medicaid Enrollees: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial
Evaluates the effectiveness of a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) outreach and patient navigation program among 5,614 rural Medicaid enrollees in 28 Oregon primary care clinics. Discusses the impact of the program on follow-up care.
Author(s): Gloria D. Coronado, Amanda F. Petrik, Michael C. Leo, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 8(3), e250928
Date: 03/2025
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Evaluates the effectiveness of a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) outreach and patient navigation program among 5,614 rural Medicaid enrollees in 28 Oregon primary care clinics. Discusses the impact of the program on follow-up care.
Author(s): Gloria D. Coronado, Amanda F. Petrik, Michael C. Leo, et al.
Citation: JAMA Network Open, 8(3), e250928
Date: 03/2025
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Pharmacy-Related Syringe Access Barriers: An Audit of Oregon Community Pharmacies
Examines barriers to purchasing over-the-counter (OTC) syringes in Oregon pharmacies. Utilizes a telephone audit (secret shopper) methodology to examine 425 pharmacies' willingness to sell OTC syringes by pharmacy type, syringe services program (SSP) availability, overdose rates, and rural versus urban county type.
Author(s): Victor Abreu, Marissa McGinnis, Savannah Justen, et al.
Citation: Harm Reduction Journal, 22, 37
Date: 03/2025
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Examines barriers to purchasing over-the-counter (OTC) syringes in Oregon pharmacies. Utilizes a telephone audit (secret shopper) methodology to examine 425 pharmacies' willingness to sell OTC syringes by pharmacy type, syringe services program (SSP) availability, overdose rates, and rural versus urban county type.
Author(s): Victor Abreu, Marissa McGinnis, Savannah Justen, et al.
Citation: Harm Reduction Journal, 22, 37
Date: 03/2025
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USDA Rural Development Housing Activity Report – Fiscal Year 2024
Provides an overview of the USDA loans and grants obligated to low and moderate-income rural residents in fiscal year 2024 that support homeownership, home repair, and home preservation.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Provides an overview of the USDA loans and grants obligated to low and moderate-income rural residents in fiscal year 2024 that support homeownership, home repair, and home preservation.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Rural–Urban Differences in Substance Use During Pregnancy
Examines perinatal substance use in rural and urban populations. Utilizes 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data to analyze 3,499 pregnant women according to rural, small urban, and large urban location, as well as by demographic variables, health status, and type of substance use.
Author(s): Emma Kathryn Boswell, Olivia M. Hinds, Cassie Odahowski, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 41(2), e70018
Date: 03/2025
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Examines perinatal substance use in rural and urban populations. Utilizes 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data to analyze 3,499 pregnant women according to rural, small urban, and large urban location, as well as by demographic variables, health status, and type of substance use.
Author(s): Emma Kathryn Boswell, Olivia M. Hinds, Cassie Odahowski, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 41(2), e70018
Date: 03/2025
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