Rural Health
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Medicare COVID-19 Hospitalization Trends Report
Reports cases and hospitalization data for Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with COVID-19 between January 1, 2020, and June 30, 2023. Includes data on beneficiary demographics, case and hospitalization trends, and discharge status among beneficiaries hospitalized for COVID-19. Compares COVID-19 case and hospitalization rates by rural and urban status.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Reports cases and hospitalization data for Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with COVID-19 between January 1, 2020, and June 30, 2023. Includes data on beneficiary demographics, case and hospitalization trends, and discharge status among beneficiaries hospitalized for COVID-19. Compares COVID-19 case and hospitalization rates by rural and urban status.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Rural EMS Media Toolkit
A toolkit focused on assisting rural EMS providers in successfully engaging with social media, media messaging, photography, and more.
Date: 2024
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A toolkit focused on assisting rural EMS providers in successfully engaging with social media, media messaging, photography, and more.
Date: 2024
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CARDIO-VET (formerly National Cardiology Hub and Spoke Network)
Provides an overview of the Veterans Health Administration's CARDIO-VET Network Enterprise-Wide Initiative (EWI), which focuses on increasing access to cardiology services among rural veterans. Discusses how referrals, training, technology use, and other collaborations between medical centers and community-based outpatient clinics can facilitate access to services and better patient outcomes.
Author(s): Sara Ann Todd
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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Provides an overview of the Veterans Health Administration's CARDIO-VET Network Enterprise-Wide Initiative (EWI), which focuses on increasing access to cardiology services among rural veterans. Discusses how referrals, training, technology use, and other collaborations between medical centers and community-based outpatient clinics can facilitate access to services and better patient outcomes.
Author(s): Sara Ann Todd
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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National Health Service Corps 2024 Report to Congress
Details program accomplishments of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC), provides updates on Health Professional Shortage Area designations, explains recruitment efforts for NHSC Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs, provides estimates on number of patients seen by NHSC clinicians, and details short- and long-term retention rates. Features state-by-state data with breakdowns by urban and rural locations.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Details program accomplishments of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC), provides updates on Health Professional Shortage Area designations, explains recruitment efforts for NHSC Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs, provides estimates on number of patients seen by NHSC clinicians, and details short- and long-term retention rates. Features state-by-state data with breakdowns by urban and rural locations.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Healthy Brain Initiative: Road Map for American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples
Report discusses Alzheimer's disease and dementia among American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Includes an overview of the disease and details the trends among Native Americans. Provides strategies and resources for tribal communities through knowledge sharing, workforce, data, and community partnerships. Includes case studies using the 4 domains.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: Alzheimer's Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Report discusses Alzheimer's disease and dementia among American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Includes an overview of the disease and details the trends among Native Americans. Provides strategies and resources for tribal communities through knowledge sharing, workforce, data, and community partnerships. Includes case studies using the 4 domains.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organizations: Alzheimer's Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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The Suicide Prevention Plan for Ohio: 2024-2026
Provides an overview of the strategic priorities to prevent suicide in Ohio, including a focus on community systems, prevention and early intervention, quality treatment and postvention, and data and evaluation. Provides suicide data in Ohio, including 2017-2021 county-level data on the suicide death rate. Discusses suicide impacts on rural and Appalachian counties.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation
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Provides an overview of the strategic priorities to prevent suicide in Ohio, including a focus on community systems, prevention and early intervention, quality treatment and postvention, and data and evaluation. Provides suicide data in Ohio, including 2017-2021 county-level data on the suicide death rate. Discusses suicide impacts on rural and Appalachian counties.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation
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Behavioral Health Treatment Delivery by Social Workers in Accountable Care Organizations
Explores the extent to which social workers deliver mental health or substance use treatment in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Analyzes data from the 2022 National Survey of Accountable Care Organizations (NSACO) and the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) to examine whether there are associations between ACOs including a rural facility, having a Medicaid contract, and proportion of dual-eligible beneficiaries and social workers providing substance use treatment.
Author(s): Chris Miller-Rosales, Ellen Meara, James Murphey, Abhirupa Dasgupta, Terri Lewinson
Citation: Social Work in Health Care, 63(8-10), 600-622
Date: 2024
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Explores the extent to which social workers deliver mental health or substance use treatment in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Analyzes data from the 2022 National Survey of Accountable Care Organizations (NSACO) and the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) to examine whether there are associations between ACOs including a rural facility, having a Medicaid contract, and proportion of dual-eligible beneficiaries and social workers providing substance use treatment.
Author(s): Chris Miller-Rosales, Ellen Meara, James Murphey, Abhirupa Dasgupta, Terri Lewinson
Citation: Social Work in Health Care, 63(8-10), 600-622
Date: 2024
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2023-2024 Physician Rate and Rank by Georgia County, Primary Care and Core Specialties
Table providing county-level data on physician specialties in Georgia. Covers total physicians and rate per 100,000 residents by specialty for each county, and county rank as of 2024.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Table providing county-level data on physician specialties in Georgia. Covers total physicians and rate per 100,000 residents by specialty for each county, and county rank as of 2024.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Health in Rural Missouri: Biennial Report 2024-2025
Provides information on rural population health in Missouri, focusing on the social drivers of health, maternal and infant health, healthcare access, and more. Includes metro versus nonmetro as well as county-level data on health outcomes, social indicators, and mortality.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
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Provides information on rural population health in Missouri, focusing on the social drivers of health, maternal and infant health, healthcare access, and more. Includes metro versus nonmetro as well as county-level data on health outcomes, social indicators, and mortality.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
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Arkansas State Health Improvement Plan 2024-2029
Offers data on Arkansas health in 5 priority areas: access to care, addiction and mental health, infectious disease and vaccinations, maternal mortality, and obesity. Discusses trends over time and identifies action steps to improve health indicators. Includes rural-specific considerations throughout.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Department of Health
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Offers data on Arkansas health in 5 priority areas: access to care, addiction and mental health, infectious disease and vaccinations, maternal mortality, and obesity. Discusses trends over time and identifies action steps to improve health indicators. Includes rural-specific considerations throughout.
Date: 2024
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Department of Health
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