Rural Health
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Mammography Among Women Residing in Urban Versus Rural Utah: Breast Cancer Survival
Examines breast cancer screening and mortality among rural and urban Utahns, utilizing Utah Population Database data for breast cancer patients diagnosed from 1998 to 2017 and matched controls. Provides rural-urban comparisons of cancer stage at diagnosis, first-course treatment received, risk of death based on mammograms received in the last 3 years, and other clinical and demographic comparisons.
Author(s): Quinn Tanner, Chun-Pin Chang, Karen Curtin, et al.
Citation: Cancer Medicine, 13(24), e70505
Date: 12/2024
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Examines breast cancer screening and mortality among rural and urban Utahns, utilizing Utah Population Database data for breast cancer patients diagnosed from 1998 to 2017 and matched controls. Provides rural-urban comparisons of cancer stage at diagnosis, first-course treatment received, risk of death based on mammograms received in the last 3 years, and other clinical and demographic comparisons.
Author(s): Quinn Tanner, Chun-Pin Chang, Karen Curtin, et al.
Citation: Cancer Medicine, 13(24), e70505
Date: 12/2024
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Use of Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities by Medicare Beneficiaries with Dementia
Describes the sociodemographic and health characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries with and without dementia who use inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs). Examines diagnoses and utilization that precede psychiatric inpatient stays and outcomes following IPF stays, including healthcare utilization and mortality. Includes data on Medicare IPF patients who reside in rural counties and counties that are entirely or partially in a primary care or mental health Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).
Author(s): Mark Sorbero, Flora Sheng, Swad Komanduri, Jodi L. Liu
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, RAND Corporation
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Describes the sociodemographic and health characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries with and without dementia who use inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs). Examines diagnoses and utilization that precede psychiatric inpatient stays and outcomes following IPF stays, including healthcare utilization and mortality. Includes data on Medicare IPF patients who reside in rural counties and counties that are entirely or partially in a primary care or mental health Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA).
Author(s): Mark Sorbero, Flora Sheng, Swad Komanduri, Jodi L. Liu
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organizations: HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, RAND Corporation
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Electronic Case Reporting Roadmap - For Tribes and Tribal Epidemiology Centers
Report discusses the benefits of electronic case reporting (eCR) for tribal public health authorities and epidemiology centers (TECs). Highlights challenges in implementing eCR as well as the benefits of electronic disease surveillance conducted by Tribes and TECs. Presents guidance on the planning, implementation, and funding of tribal eCR.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Indian Health Board
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Report discusses the benefits of electronic case reporting (eCR) for tribal public health authorities and epidemiology centers (TECs). Highlights challenges in implementing eCR as well as the benefits of electronic disease surveillance conducted by Tribes and TECs. Presents guidance on the planning, implementation, and funding of tribal eCR.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Indian Health Board
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Critical Access Hospital Financial Sustainability Guide
Provides guidance and assistance to state Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program personnel, leaders of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and others helping CAHs manage long-term financial stability. Presents potential interventions CAHs may use to address ongoing and systemic financial challenges in rural healthcare.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organizations: EideBailly, National Rural Health Resource Center
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Provides guidance and assistance to state Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program personnel, leaders of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and others helping CAHs manage long-term financial stability. Presents potential interventions CAHs may use to address ongoing and systemic financial challenges in rural healthcare.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organizations: EideBailly, National Rural Health Resource Center
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Market Selection Insights for New Mental Healthcare Facilities in Rural Illinois
Analyzes rural areas in Illinois that have an appropriate demand center, traffic flow, and mental healthcare need to locate a new mental healthcare facility. Provides a metro versus nonmetro list of residential mental health and substance use facilities as well as projected finances of a new mental health facility in a nonmetro location.
Author(s): Adee Athiyaman
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
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Analyzes rural areas in Illinois that have an appropriate demand center, traffic flow, and mental healthcare need to locate a new mental healthcare facility. Provides a metro versus nonmetro list of residential mental health and substance use facilities as well as projected finances of a new mental health facility in a nonmetro location.
Author(s): Adee Athiyaman
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
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Trends in Mental, Behavioral, and Developmental Disorders among Children and Adolescents in the US, 2016–2021
Analyzes mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders (MBDDs) in children and factors that contribute to MBDD outcomes. Utilizes 2016-2021 National Survey of Children's Health data with breakdowns according to prevalence and type of MBDD, receipt of healthcare services, parent and family well-being, community support and safety, and demographic characteristics of children with MBDD, including urban/suburban versus rural location.
Author(s): Rebecca T. Leeb, Melissa L. Danielson, Angelika H. Claussen, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
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Analyzes mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders (MBDDs) in children and factors that contribute to MBDD outcomes. Utilizes 2016-2021 National Survey of Children's Health data with breakdowns according to prevalence and type of MBDD, receipt of healthcare services, parent and family well-being, community support and safety, and demographic characteristics of children with MBDD, including urban/suburban versus rural location.
Author(s): Rebecca T. Leeb, Melissa L. Danielson, Angelika H. Claussen, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
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End-of-Year Reflections and Looking to the Future After 20 Years of Scholarly Publishing in Public Health Research, Evaluation, and Practice
A reflective column that discusses articles published in Preventing Chronic Disease over the past 20 years, focusing on themes such as chronic disease, substance use, health data, and more. Discusses themes for 2025, including public health research, population health, social determinants of health, and rural health disparities.
Author(s): Leonard Jack Jr.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
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A reflective column that discusses articles published in Preventing Chronic Disease over the past 20 years, focusing on themes such as chronic disease, substance use, health data, and more. Discusses themes for 2025, including public health research, population health, social determinants of health, and rural health disparities.
Author(s): Leonard Jack Jr.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
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Trends in Gestational Weight Gain and Prepregnancy Obesity in South Carolina, 2015–2021
Examines prepregnancy and gestational weight gain in South Carolina women before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizes 2015-2021 data from 239,597 mothers with data broken down by weight gain, relative prenatal risk, lifestyle and clinic factors, and sociodemographics of patients, including rurality.
Author(s): Sarah E. Simpson, Angela M. Malek, Chun-Che Wen, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
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Examines prepregnancy and gestational weight gain in South Carolina women before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizes 2015-2021 data from 239,597 mothers with data broken down by weight gain, relative prenatal risk, lifestyle and clinic factors, and sociodemographics of patients, including rurality.
Author(s): Sarah E. Simpson, Angela M. Malek, Chun-Che Wen, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 21
Date: 12/2024
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OHA Director 2024 Statewide Listening Tour
Outlines planned priorities following a 2024 listening tour by the Oregon Health Authority Director in the areas of public health, Medicaid, policy and analytics, and behavioral health. Discusses capturing rural and urban health disparities, alternative payment models for healthcare providers, and rural healthcare facility closures.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Health Authority
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Outlines planned priorities following a 2024 listening tour by the Oregon Health Authority Director in the areas of public health, Medicaid, policy and analytics, and behavioral health. Discusses capturing rural and urban health disparities, alternative payment models for healthcare providers, and rural healthcare facility closures.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Health Authority
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Water Fluoridation in the U.S.: The Federal Role in Policy and Practice
Examines water fluoridation across the United States, with a focus on policy, best practices, dental health impacts, and state-by-state percentages of people using community water systems (CWS) that receive fluoridated water. Discusses water fluoridation barriers in rural and small communities.
Author(s): Josh Michaud, Jennifer Kates, Nambi Ndugga
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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Examines water fluoridation across the United States, with a focus on policy, best practices, dental health impacts, and state-by-state percentages of people using community water systems (CWS) that receive fluoridated water. Discusses water fluoridation barriers in rural and small communities.
Author(s): Josh Michaud, Jennifer Kates, Nambi Ndugga
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: KFF
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