Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Statistics and data
Mapping Rural Colorado: A Statistical Comparison of Colorado's Rural Regions
Outlines four distinct rural regions of Colorado: Northwest, Southwest/San Luis Valley, Eastern Plains, and Central. Provides a quick health fact for each region and includes median income levels, adult poverty rates, obesity rates, and more.
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Health Foundation
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Outlines four distinct rural regions of Colorado: Northwest, Southwest/San Luis Valley, Eastern Plains, and Central. Provides a quick health fact for each region and includes median income levels, adult poverty rates, obesity rates, and more.
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: Colorado Health Foundation
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National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2013 Emergency Department Summary Tables
Provides data on ambulatory care emergency department hospital visits. Table 1 includes brief metro/non-metro overview information, and Table 14 has metro/non-metro injury visit data.
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Provides data on ambulatory care emergency department hospital visits. Table 1 includes brief metro/non-metro overview information, and Table 14 has metro/non-metro injury visit data.
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Newborn Screening Timeliness: Most States Had Not Met Screening Goals, but Some Are Developing Strategies to Address Barriers
Discusses the processes, strategies, and organizations involved in testing newborns for heritable diseases. Uses data provided by 38 states from 2012 to 2015 addressing how well states are meeting the recommended time frames. Examines barriers to timely testing and how courier services are helping some rural hospitals shorten specimen transport times, thereby reducing the time it takes to obtain full test results.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Discusses the processes, strategies, and organizations involved in testing newborns for heritable diseases. Uses data provided by 38 states from 2012 to 2015 addressing how well states are meeting the recommended time frames. Examines barriers to timely testing and how courier services are helping some rural hospitals shorten specimen transport times, thereby reducing the time it takes to obtain full test results.
Additional links: Full Report
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: Government Accountability Office
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Report to Congress: Social Risk Factors and Performance Under Medicare's Value-Based Purchasing Program
Uses Medicare data to examine the relationship between social risk factors and the performance of value-based purchasing programs. Discusses policy considerations that could help ensure value-based purchasing programs achieve their intended results, especially among high social risk populations. Categorizes rurality as a community risk factor and discusses whether beneficiaries with social risk factors such as rurality have worse outcomes due to their social risk profile, or because of the providers they see. Also provides rural-specific statistics and recommendations for using value-based purchasing to improve health outcomes among high social risk populations. Appendices summarize and provide additional details for each of the 9 programs evaluated. See the second report.
Additional links: Appendices
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Uses Medicare data to examine the relationship between social risk factors and the performance of value-based purchasing programs. Discusses policy considerations that could help ensure value-based purchasing programs achieve their intended results, especially among high social risk populations. Categorizes rurality as a community risk factor and discusses whether beneficiaries with social risk factors such as rurality have worse outcomes due to their social risk profile, or because of the providers they see. Also provides rural-specific statistics and recommendations for using value-based purchasing to improve health outcomes among high social risk populations. Appendices summarize and provide additional details for each of the 9 programs evaluated. See the second report.
Additional links: Appendices
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Resurgence of Progressive Massive Fibrosis in Coal Miners--Eastern Kentucky, 2016
Describes a sharp increase in cases of Progressive Massive Fibrosis (PMF) from January 2015 through August 2016, as reported by a radiologist treating 60 former or active coal miners in rural central Appalachia. Includes a chart showing percentages of miners with 25 or more years underground work experience in that region who were diagnosed with PMF from 1970-2016.
Author(s): David J. Blackley, James B. Crum, Cara N. Halldin, Eileen Storey, A. Scott Laney
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 65(49), 1385-1389
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Describes a sharp increase in cases of Progressive Massive Fibrosis (PMF) from January 2015 through August 2016, as reported by a radiologist treating 60 former or active coal miners in rural central Appalachia. Includes a chart showing percentages of miners with 25 or more years underground work experience in that region who were diagnosed with PMF from 1970-2016.
Author(s): David J. Blackley, James B. Crum, Cara N. Halldin, Eileen Storey, A. Scott Laney
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 65(49), 1385-1389
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Influences and Practices in Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Health Care Providers Serving Northern Plains American Indians, 2011-2012
Analysis of data collected from 145 providers at 27 American Indian health facilities in the Northern Plains. Features statistics with breakdowns by type and frequency of tests, type of providers, and factors influencing screening practices.
Author(s): Melanie Nadeau, Anne Walaszek, David G. Perdue, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 13
Date: 12/2016
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Analysis of data collected from 145 providers at 27 American Indian health facilities in the Northern Plains. Features statistics with breakdowns by type and frequency of tests, type of providers, and factors influencing screening practices.
Author(s): Melanie Nadeau, Anne Walaszek, David G. Perdue, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 13
Date: 12/2016
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Differences in Food and Beverage Marketing Policies and Practices in US School Districts, by Demographic Characteristics of School Districts, 2012
Analysis of data from the 2012 School Health Policies and Practices Study, showing how school district characteristics affect food and beverage marketing and promotion policies and practices. Features statistics with breakdowns including rural, suburban, or urban status, district size, and percentage of non-Hispanic White students.
Author(s): Caitlin L. Merlo, Shannon Michael, Nancy D. Brener, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 13
Date: 12/2016
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Analysis of data from the 2012 School Health Policies and Practices Study, showing how school district characteristics affect food and beverage marketing and promotion policies and practices. Features statistics with breakdowns including rural, suburban, or urban status, district size, and percentage of non-Hispanic White students.
Author(s): Caitlin L. Merlo, Shannon Michael, Nancy D. Brener, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 13
Date: 12/2016
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All-Cause Readmissions Following Hospital Stays for Patients With Malnutrition, 2013
Provides information on the 30-day rate of readmissions following an initial inpatient hospital stay for patients with malnutrition. Figure 2 and Table 1 include readmission rates by location of patient's residence for metropolitan and nonmetro areas.
Author(s): Kathryn R. Fingar, Audrey J. Weiss, Marguerite L. Barrett, et al.
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Provides information on the 30-day rate of readmissions following an initial inpatient hospital stay for patients with malnutrition. Figure 2 and Table 1 include readmission rates by location of patient's residence for metropolitan and nonmetro areas.
Author(s): Kathryn R. Fingar, Audrey J. Weiss, Marguerite L. Barrett, et al.
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Burn-Related Hospital Inpatient Stays and Emergency Department Visits, 2013
Provides data on burn-related hospital inpatient stays and emergency department (ED) visits. Figure 3 lists data on ED visits by location of patient's residence for metropolitan areas and for micropolitan and noncore (rural) areas.
Author(s): Kimberly W. McDermott, Audrey J. Weiss, Anne Elixhauser
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Provides data on burn-related hospital inpatient stays and emergency department (ED) visits. Figure 3 lists data on ED visits by location of patient's residence for metropolitan areas and for micropolitan and noncore (rural) areas.
Author(s): Kimberly W. McDermott, Audrey J. Weiss, Anne Elixhauser
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Rurality Matters
An overview of a Census Bureau identification of counties as mostly urban, mostly rural, and completely rural, based on 2010 Census data. Includes charts showing selected statistics by rurality for adults and children, using 2011-2015 American Community Survey data.
Author(s): Kelly Ann Holder, Alison Fields, Daphne Lofquist
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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An overview of a Census Bureau identification of counties as mostly urban, mostly rural, and completely rural, based on 2010 Census data. Includes charts showing selected statistics by rurality for adults and children, using 2011-2015 American Community Survey data.
Author(s): Kelly Ann Holder, Alison Fields, Daphne Lofquist
Date: 12/2016
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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