Rural Health
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2024 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Provides a comprehensive summary and data analysis of healthcare quality and access in the U.S. Addresses access to healthcare, care affordability, healthy living, effective treatment, person-centered care, care coordination, and more.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Provides a comprehensive summary and data analysis of healthcare quality and access in the U.S. Addresses access to healthcare, care affordability, healthy living, effective treatment, person-centered care, care coordination, and more.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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The South Carolina Certified Nurse Midwife Workforce - 2022
Describes the certified nurse midwife (CNM) workforce in South Carolina using data from the 2022 nursing licensure renewal process ending April 30, 2022. Features demographics and statistics including change in the size of the South Carolina CNM workforce from 2012-2022 with breakdowns by 3 levels of population density, and a county-level map showing locations of active CNMs as of 2022, with shadings showing rural and urban counties.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium
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Describes the certified nurse midwife (CNM) workforce in South Carolina using data from the 2022 nursing licensure renewal process ending April 30, 2022. Features demographics and statistics including change in the size of the South Carolina CNM workforce from 2012-2022 with breakdowns by 3 levels of population density, and a county-level map showing locations of active CNMs as of 2022, with shadings showing rural and urban counties.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium
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The State of Health in Tennessee 2025: Annual Report to the 114th Tennessee General Assembly
Assesses the health status of Tennesseans across the four areas of the State Health Plan Framework: A Healthy Start, A Healthy Life, a Healthy Environment, and a Healthy System of Care. Includes a section on social determinants of health and features statistics on various populations and aspects of healthcare, including rural hospital closures.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Assesses the health status of Tennesseans across the four areas of the State Health Plan Framework: A Healthy Start, A Healthy Life, a Healthy Environment, and a Healthy System of Care. Includes a section on social determinants of health and features statistics on various populations and aspects of healthcare, including rural hospital closures.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Tennessee Department of Health
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Trends in Non-Emergency Medical Transportation During Medicaid Transformation in North Carolina
Examines the impact of Medicaid transformation on non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) services in North Carolina in the shift from fee-for-service (FFS) to Managed Care. Utilizes 2019-2023 Medicaid claims data to analyze NEMT service provision trends according to cost, travel mode, public versus private provider, and urban versus rural geography.
Author(s): Evan Iacobucci, Noreen McDonald
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 86(4)
Date: 12/2025
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Examines the impact of Medicaid transformation on non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) services in North Carolina in the shift from fee-for-service (FFS) to Managed Care. Utilizes 2019-2023 Medicaid claims data to analyze NEMT service provision trends according to cost, travel mode, public versus private provider, and urban versus rural geography.
Author(s): Evan Iacobucci, Noreen McDonald
Citation: North Carolina Medical Journal, 86(4)
Date: 12/2025
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Hospice Care Chartbook 2025
Provides an overview of hospice care, including patient demographics, characteristics of live discharges, organizational trends, and Medicare spending for hospice services. Includes charts and graphs throughout, as well as state-by-state data. Slides 16 and 34 highlight the percentage of Medicare decedents that did and did not use hospice in 2024 and the number of hospices between 2019 and 2024 by rurality, respectively.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organizations: KNG Health Consulting, National Alliance for Care at Home, Research Institute for Home Care
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Provides an overview of hospice care, including patient demographics, characteristics of live discharges, organizational trends, and Medicare spending for hospice services. Includes charts and graphs throughout, as well as state-by-state data. Slides 16 and 34 highlight the percentage of Medicare decedents that did and did not use hospice in 2024 and the number of hospices between 2019 and 2024 by rurality, respectively.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organizations: KNG Health Consulting, National Alliance for Care at Home, Research Institute for Home Care
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Beyond the Battlefield: Restoring Connection for Missouri's Rural Veterans
Assesses health disparities among Missouri's rural veterans and discusses the need for coordinated, statewide action to address veterans' health needs. Highlights topics related to mental health, chronic health conditions, geographic limitations on access to care, broadband infrastructure, and more.
Author(s): Derek Landes, Libby Trammell, Kaitlyn Onanian
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Rural Health Association
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Assesses health disparities among Missouri's rural veterans and discusses the need for coordinated, statewide action to address veterans' health needs. Highlights topics related to mental health, chronic health conditions, geographic limitations on access to care, broadband infrastructure, and more.
Author(s): Derek Landes, Libby Trammell, Kaitlyn Onanian
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Rural Health Association
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Texas Statewide Behavioral Health Strategic Plan: Progress Report, Fiscal Year 2025
Reports on the implementation of evidence-based and promising behavioral health practices in Texas. Includes discussion of practices focused on rural populations.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Texas Statewide Behavioral Health Coordinating Council
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Reports on the implementation of evidence-based and promising behavioral health practices in Texas. Includes discussion of practices focused on rural populations.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Texas Statewide Behavioral Health Coordinating Council
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Psychosocial Distress among Individuals Residing in a Rural PFAS-Contaminated Community
Examines how perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) impact the psychosocial distress of individuals in a rural Maine community affected by agricultural biosolid spreading and contaminated water. Analyzes level of PFAS in drinking water alongside participant characteristics, such as sociodemographics, mental health, coping mechanisms, and consequences of PFAS contamination.
Author(s): Elizabeth Scharnetzki, Lisa B Rokoff, Katherine Senechal, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 272, 114736
Date: 12/2025
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Examines how perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) impact the psychosocial distress of individuals in a rural Maine community affected by agricultural biosolid spreading and contaminated water. Analyzes level of PFAS in drinking water alongside participant characteristics, such as sociodemographics, mental health, coping mechanisms, and consequences of PFAS contamination.
Author(s): Elizabeth Scharnetzki, Lisa B Rokoff, Katherine Senechal, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 272, 114736
Date: 12/2025
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Texas Cares Rx Annual Program Report, 2025
Reports on fiscal year 2025 costs, initiatives, feedback, and future considerations for Texas Cares Rx, a prescription drug cost savings program for uninsured Texans. Pages 9-10 summarize stakeholder feedback on rural health needs, including discussion of rural healthcare access gaps and pharmacy deserts.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Reports on fiscal year 2025 costs, initiatives, feedback, and future considerations for Texas Cares Rx, a prescription drug cost savings program for uninsured Texans. Pages 9-10 summarize stakeholder feedback on rural health needs, including discussion of rural healthcare access gaps and pharmacy deserts.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Nevada Medicaid Cost Driver Analysis, 2025
Report analyzing 2016-2024 Medicaid data to determine drivers of healthcare costs in Nevada. Data analyzed by plan type, service category, geography, age, and sex.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Health Authority
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Report analyzing 2016-2024 Medicaid data to determine drivers of healthcare costs in Nevada. Data analyzed by plan type, service category, geography, age, and sex.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Health Authority
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