Rural Health
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Identifying Disability with Medicaid Claims Data
Provides a research model that utilizes Medicaid Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) Analytic Files (TAF) data to identify people with disabilities in the Medicaid population. Includes breakdowns of those with a known or suspected disability across demographic groups, including rural versus urban location.
Author(s): Jonathan Gellar, Afroze Chughtai, Andrea Wysocki
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Provides a research model that utilizes Medicaid Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) Analytic Files (TAF) data to identify people with disabilities in the Medicaid population. Includes breakdowns of those with a known or suspected disability across demographic groups, including rural versus urban location.
Author(s): Jonathan Gellar, Afroze Chughtai, Andrea Wysocki
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with Family Physician Panel Size
Results of a study investigating factors associated with variation in panel size, a group of patients assigned to one specific physician or clinical team, from 2017-2023. Features demographics and statistics with breakdowns by metro and nonmetro areas.
Author(s): Andrew Bazemore, Zachary J. Morgan, Kevin Grumbach
Citation: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 38(5), 846-854
Date: 09/2025
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Results of a study investigating factors associated with variation in panel size, a group of patients assigned to one specific physician or clinical team, from 2017-2023. Features demographics and statistics with breakdowns by metro and nonmetro areas.
Author(s): Andrew Bazemore, Zachary J. Morgan, Kevin Grumbach
Citation: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 38(5), 846-854
Date: 09/2025
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Medicare Hospice Use Patterns Among Patients With Alzheimer's Disease or Related Dementias Compared to Those With Other Terminal Diagnoses
Examines hospice use among Medicare enrollees with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) compared to Medicare hospice enrollees with other terminal diagnoses. Explores whether hospice characteristics, including rural status, are associated with hospice length of stay, visit frequency, and live discharge rates among Medicare patients with and without terminal and comorbid ADRD diagnoses.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Examines hospice use among Medicare enrollees with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) compared to Medicare hospice enrollees with other terminal diagnoses. Explores whether hospice characteristics, including rural status, are associated with hospice length of stay, visit frequency, and live discharge rates among Medicare patients with and without terminal and comorbid ADRD diagnoses.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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Impact of Ostomy Self-Management Telehealth Training for Rural Cancer Survivors on Health Care Utilization and Economic Outcomes in the United States
Examines the impact of the Ostomy Self-Management Telehealth (OSMT) treatment and education program versus usual care on healthcare utilization, cost, and employment status among rural cancer survivors. Discusses telehealth-delivered self-management education as an accessible and effective care model for rural populations.
Author(s): Daniel Maeng, Virginia Sun, Matthew E. Nielsen, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 41(4), e70096
Date: 09/2025
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Examines the impact of the Ostomy Self-Management Telehealth (OSMT) treatment and education program versus usual care on healthcare utilization, cost, and employment status among rural cancer survivors. Discusses telehealth-delivered self-management education as an accessible and effective care model for rural populations.
Author(s): Daniel Maeng, Virginia Sun, Matthew E. Nielsen, et al.
Citation: Journal of Rural Health, 41(4), e70096
Date: 09/2025
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The HBCC-NSAC Toolkit Study Final Report
Examines the home-based child care nurturing school-age children (HBCC-NSAC) toolkit which focuses on ensuring quality in HBCC contexts. Examines the usefulness of the HBCC-NSAC measures in evaluating different HBCC providers, including those in rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Annie Li, Yange Xue, Natalie Reid, et al.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Examines the home-based child care nurturing school-age children (HBCC-NSAC) toolkit which focuses on ensuring quality in HBCC contexts. Examines the usefulness of the HBCC-NSAC measures in evaluating different HBCC providers, including those in rural and urban areas.
Author(s): Annie Li, Yange Xue, Natalie Reid, et al.
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Comparing Disaster-Related Surge Staffing Practices Across Rural and Non-Rural Nursing Homes
Explores whether rural and non-rural nursing homes implemented different disaster-related staffing approaches. Analyzes data from 361 CMS-certified nursing homes that were exposed to the direct path of Hurricane Michael in 2018. Compares the change in pre- and post-disaster staffing across three dimensions of nursing home staffing: intensity, licensure composition, and employment composition.
Citation: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 73(12), 3829-3835
Date: 09/2025
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Explores whether rural and non-rural nursing homes implemented different disaster-related staffing approaches. Analyzes data from 361 CMS-certified nursing homes that were exposed to the direct path of Hurricane Michael in 2018. Compares the change in pre- and post-disaster staffing across three dimensions of nursing home staffing: intensity, licensure composition, and employment composition.
Citation: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 73(12), 3829-3835
Date: 09/2025
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Critical Access Hospital: 2026 National Patient Safety Goals
Identifies National Patient Safety Goals for the Joint Commission's Critical Access Hospital Accreditation Program. Covers emergency management, infection prevention, pain management and safe prescribing practices, suicide prevention, workplace and patient safety, and more. Effective January 1, 2026.
Additional links: Simplified Version
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Joint Commission
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Identifies National Patient Safety Goals for the Joint Commission's Critical Access Hospital Accreditation Program. Covers emergency management, infection prevention, pain management and safe prescribing practices, suicide prevention, workplace and patient safety, and more. Effective January 1, 2026.
Additional links: Simplified Version
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Joint Commission
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Telehealth: 2026 National Patient Safety Goals
Identifies National Patient Safety Goals for the Joint Commission's Telehealth Accreditation Program. Covers patient and resident identification, caregiver communication, medication safety, suicide prevention, and more. Effective January 1, 2026.
Additional links: Simplified Version
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Joint Commission
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Identifies National Patient Safety Goals for the Joint Commission's Telehealth Accreditation Program. Covers patient and resident identification, caregiver communication, medication safety, suicide prevention, and more. Effective January 1, 2026.
Additional links: Simplified Version
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Joint Commission
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Criminal Victimization, 2024
Presents 2024 data on violent and property victimization. Highlights types of crime, trends over time, victim and offender demographics, unreported crime, and rural, urban, and suburban crimes in 2023 and 2024.
Author(s): Susannah N. Tapp, Emilie J. Coen
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Justice
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Presents 2024 data on violent and property victimization. Highlights types of crime, trends over time, victim and offender demographics, unreported crime, and rural, urban, and suburban crimes in 2023 and 2024.
Author(s): Susannah N. Tapp, Emilie J. Coen
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Justice
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The ELEVATE Maternal Health Center of Excellence: A Program to Reduce Maternal Morbidity from Substance Use Disorder in Utah
Presents a study detailing the efforts of the ELEVATE Maternal Health Center of Excellence to address mental health and substance use disorders (SUD) among pregnant and postpartum women in rural and American Indian and Alaska Native communities in Utah. Discusses the role mental health disorders and SUD play in contributing to maternal deaths and highlights the way ELEVATE interventions aim to improve care and reduce maternal mortality.
Author(s): Erin P. Johnson, Marcela C. Smid, Susanna R. Cohen, et al.
Citation: Substance Use & Addiction Journal, 47(1), 216-223
Date: 09/2025
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Presents a study detailing the efforts of the ELEVATE Maternal Health Center of Excellence to address mental health and substance use disorders (SUD) among pregnant and postpartum women in rural and American Indian and Alaska Native communities in Utah. Discusses the role mental health disorders and SUD play in contributing to maternal deaths and highlights the way ELEVATE interventions aim to improve care and reduce maternal mortality.
Author(s): Erin P. Johnson, Marcela C. Smid, Susanna R. Cohen, et al.
Citation: Substance Use & Addiction Journal, 47(1), 216-223
Date: 09/2025
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