Rural Health
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Texas Rural Hospital Grant Program Report
Reports on the establishment, functions, and achievements of the Rural Hospital Grant Program in Texas during the 2024 and 2025 state fiscal years. Provides an overview of program funding and awards, and details grant programs supporting hospital stabilization, maternal care, and Alternative Payment Model readiness.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Reports on the establishment, functions, and achievements of the Rural Hospital Grant Program in Texas during the 2024 and 2025 state fiscal years. Provides an overview of program funding and awards, and details grant programs supporting hospital stabilization, maternal care, and Alternative Payment Model readiness.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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How Emergency Departments Are Responding to the Opioid Crisis: Results from a Statewide Survey in Kentucky
Examines hospital emergency departments (EDs) in Kentucky and their substance use disorder (SUD) services. Utilizes 2023 survey data from ED directors and discusses themes such as use of buprenorphine, referrals to community providers, social work services, screening processes, care continuity and more. Includes feedback about access to and availability of SUD services in rural areas.
Author(s): Olivia K. Sugarman, Samantha J. Harris, Lauren Byrne, et al.
Citation: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 19, 78
Date: 11/2024
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Examines hospital emergency departments (EDs) in Kentucky and their substance use disorder (SUD) services. Utilizes 2023 survey data from ED directors and discusses themes such as use of buprenorphine, referrals to community providers, social work services, screening processes, care continuity and more. Includes feedback about access to and availability of SUD services in rural areas.
Author(s): Olivia K. Sugarman, Samantha J. Harris, Lauren Byrne, et al.
Citation: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 19, 78
Date: 11/2024
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Community Responses and Adaptations Following the Closure of a Rural Pharmacy and Primary Care Facility
Uses interviews with 26 community members to identify the impact of a pharmacy and primary healthcare facility closure in a rural Pennsylvania community. Discusses challenges for vulnerable populations, distance to care, social networks, delayed treatment, emergency medical services, alternative medicine, and more.
Author(s): Hazel Velasco Palacios, Kristina Brant, Danielle Rhubart, Jorden Jackson
Citation: Journal of Rural Health 41(2), e12896
Date: 11/2024
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Uses interviews with 26 community members to identify the impact of a pharmacy and primary healthcare facility closure in a rural Pennsylvania community. Discusses challenges for vulnerable populations, distance to care, social networks, delayed treatment, emergency medical services, alternative medicine, and more.
Author(s): Hazel Velasco Palacios, Kristina Brant, Danielle Rhubart, Jorden Jackson
Citation: Journal of Rural Health 41(2), e12896
Date: 11/2024
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Medical Debt of Residents in the Metro and the Nonmetro
Analyzes the levels and causes of medical debt in the metro and nonmetro United States. Utilizes 2017-2022 KFF survey data to examine medical debt according to sex, age, race/ethnicity, education, and income. Discusses perceptions of medical debt and how patients address unexpected medical bills.
Author(s): Adee Athiyaman
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
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Analyzes the levels and causes of medical debt in the metro and nonmetro United States. Utilizes 2017-2022 KFF survey data to examine medical debt according to sex, age, race/ethnicity, education, and income. Discusses perceptions of medical debt and how patients address unexpected medical bills.
Author(s): Adee Athiyaman
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
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Addressing Physician Shortage in Hawai'i - Kaua'i Medical Training Opportunities
Provides an overview of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine's Kaua'i Medical Training Track (KMTT), a medical education rural training track focused on addressing physician shortages in rural Kaua'i County. Details features of the KMTT facilitating rural exposure and effective training.
Author(s): Kathleen Kihmm Connolly, Travis Hong, Lee Ellen Buenconsejo-Lum
Citation: Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 83(11), 306-308
Date: 11/2024
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Provides an overview of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine's Kaua'i Medical Training Track (KMTT), a medical education rural training track focused on addressing physician shortages in rural Kaua'i County. Details features of the KMTT facilitating rural exposure and effective training.
Author(s): Kathleen Kihmm Connolly, Travis Hong, Lee Ellen Buenconsejo-Lum
Citation: Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare, 83(11), 306-308
Date: 11/2024
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New Mexico State Health Assessment, 2024
Assesses the health status of New Mexicans, identifies health needs and priorities, and details actions and strategies supporting public health in New Mexico. Highlights rural and tribal health and access disparities for select topics, including COVID-19, missing and murdered indigenous people, geographic access to healthcare and other services, and more.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Assesses the health status of New Mexicans, identifies health needs and priorities, and details actions and strategies supporting public health in New Mexico. Highlights rural and tribal health and access disparities for select topics, including COVID-19, missing and murdered indigenous people, geographic access to healthcare and other services, and more.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: New Mexico Department of Health
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Impacts of Telehealth on Rural Health Care Access
Policy brief highlighting the significance and effectiveness of telehealth. Includes analysis of current telehealth policies for Medicaid, Medicare, and private payors, and examines COVID-19 impacts on telehealth. Offers policy recommendations to enhance adoption and efficacy of telehealth services, particularly in rural areas.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Policy brief highlighting the significance and effectiveness of telehealth. Includes analysis of current telehealth policies for Medicaid, Medicare, and private payors, and examines COVID-19 impacts on telehealth. Offers policy recommendations to enhance adoption and efficacy of telehealth services, particularly in rural areas.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Ask Your Relative: A Mixed Method Analysis of the Sexual Health and Healthy Relationship Q&As Submitted by American Indian Alaska Native Young Adults
Analyzes the Ask Auntie/Ask Your Relative (AYR) Q&A service that provides sexual health information to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth. Provides information on AYR usage, types of questions asked, and answers and resources provided. Discusses the importance of cultural relevant resources to reduce sexual health disparities among AI/AN youth.
Author(s): Stephanie Craig Rushing, Amanda Gchachu Kakuska, Jane Manthei, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 24, 3067
Date: 11/2024
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Analyzes the Ask Auntie/Ask Your Relative (AYR) Q&A service that provides sexual health information to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth. Provides information on AYR usage, types of questions asked, and answers and resources provided. Discusses the importance of cultural relevant resources to reduce sexual health disparities among AI/AN youth.
Author(s): Stephanie Craig Rushing, Amanda Gchachu Kakuska, Jane Manthei, et al.
Citation: BMC Public Health, 24, 3067
Date: 11/2024
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Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression Among Adults: United States, 2019 and 2022
Examine trends related to symptoms of anxiety and depression between 2019 and 2022. Utilizes 2022 National Health Interview Survey data to examine symptoms by severity, age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, income, region, and urbanization level, including large central metropolitan, large fringe metropolitan, medium and small metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan.
Author(s): Emily P. Terlizzi, Benjamin Zablotsky
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Examine trends related to symptoms of anxiety and depression between 2019 and 2022. Utilizes 2022 National Health Interview Survey data to examine symptoms by severity, age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, income, region, and urbanization level, including large central metropolitan, large fringe metropolitan, medium and small metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan.
Author(s): Emily P. Terlizzi, Benjamin Zablotsky
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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High-Risk Rural Surgical Patients and Poor Access to Elective Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Insight for Multilevel Intervention for Rural America
Examines factors associated with poor access to elective colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery for rural patients, utilizing 2007-2020 National Inpatient Sample data for 69,212 CRC surgery-related hospitalizations. Breaks down data by race and ethnicity, sex, age, insurance type, region, rural or urban facility, and other demographic, clinical, and facility factors. Discusses access barriers and health disparities experienced by rural populations.
Author(s): Yanick Tadé, Jillian Timperley, Danielle Dilsaver, et al.
Citation: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 28(11), 1883-1889
Date: 11/2024
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Examines factors associated with poor access to elective colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery for rural patients, utilizing 2007-2020 National Inpatient Sample data for 69,212 CRC surgery-related hospitalizations. Breaks down data by race and ethnicity, sex, age, insurance type, region, rural or urban facility, and other demographic, clinical, and facility factors. Discusses access barriers and health disparities experienced by rural populations.
Author(s): Yanick Tadé, Jillian Timperley, Danielle Dilsaver, et al.
Citation: Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 28(11), 1883-1889
Date: 11/2024
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