Rural Health
Resources by Type: Document
The 2008 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues
Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Includes a 20 year retrospective on rural health and human services.
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Includes a 20 year retrospective on rural health and human services.
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organization: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
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Preventing Youth Suicide in Rural America: Recommendations to States
Discusses recommendations for state-level agencies to prevent and address suicide among rural youth. Covers data and surveillance, screening, gatekeeper training, and survivor issues.
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organizations: State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association, Suicide Prevention Resource Center
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Discusses recommendations for state-level agencies to prevent and address suicide among rural youth. Covers data and surveillance, screening, gatekeeper training, and survivor issues.
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organizations: State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association, Suicide Prevention Resource Center
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Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care Workforce
Results of a study to determine the health care needs of Americans over 65 years of age and to assess those needs through an analysis of the forces that shape the health care workforce, including education and training, models of care, and public and private programs.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Results of a study to determine the health care needs of Americans over 65 years of age and to assess those needs through an analysis of the forces that shape the health care workforce, including education and training, models of care, and public and private programs.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 04/2008
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Rural-Urban Differences in Work Patterns among Adults with Depressive Symptoms
Examines how depressive symptoms affect employment patterns among young to middle-career adults, with information for rural and urban residents.
Author(s): Lisa Morris, Stephenie Loux, Erika Ziller, David Hartley
Date: 03/2008
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Examines how depressive symptoms affect employment patterns among young to middle-career adults, with information for rural and urban residents.
Author(s): Lisa Morris, Stephenie Loux, Erika Ziller, David Hartley
Date: 03/2008
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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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
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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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
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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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
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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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
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
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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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
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
Sponsoring organization: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
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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
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
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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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
Sponsoring organization: Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
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Addressing Healthcare Workforce Issues for the Future: Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Provides the final transcript from a Senate committee hearing focused on the future supply of primary care providers. Includes statements, questions, and answers from senators, health workforce experts, and the Health Resources and Services Administration focusing on health care provider shortages in rural areas. Discusses policies intended to address these shortages.
Date: 02/2008
Sponsoring organization: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
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Provides the final transcript from a Senate committee hearing focused on the future supply of primary care providers. Includes statements, questions, and answers from senators, health workforce experts, and the Health Resources and Services Administration focusing on health care provider shortages in rural areas. Discusses policies intended to address these shortages.
Date: 02/2008
Sponsoring organization: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
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