Rural Health
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Social Service Delivery in Two Rural Counties
Analyzes interviews and focus group data to determine what factors impact the types and delivery of social services available within 2 rural New England counties.
Author(s): Jess Carson, Marybeth Mattingly
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Analyzes interviews and focus group data to determine what factors impact the types and delivery of social services available within 2 rural New England counties.
Author(s): Jess Carson, Marybeth Mattingly
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Carsey School of Public Policy
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Rural Patients with Chronic Disease: A Nonprofit Organization and a Health Department Leverage Federal Funding to Provide Health Education and Care Coordination
Features rural Alabama and North Carolina organizations that are using Federal Office of Rural Health Policy grants to improve health outcomes for patients with chronic disease through remote patient monitoring, health education, and network development.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features rural Alabama and North Carolina organizations that are using Federal Office of Rural Health Policy grants to improve health outcomes for patients with chronic disease through remote patient monitoring, health education, and network development.
Author(s): Kay Miller Temple
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Training Tomorrow's Physicians: Recommendations for Expanding Graduate Medical Education Funding in California
Provides recommendations and action steps for expanding graduate medical education (GME) in California, including in rural and underserved areas. Supports creating a centralized state planning organization to coordinate GME efforts and reviews potential GME funding sources from federal, state, and private sources. Highlights successful examples from other states.
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: California Health Care Foundation
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Provides recommendations and action steps for expanding graduate medical education (GME) in California, including in rural and underserved areas. Supports creating a centralized state planning organization to coordinate GME efforts and reviews potential GME funding sources from federal, state, and private sources. Highlights successful examples from other states.
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: California Health Care Foundation
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Do Hospital Closures Affect Patient Time in an Ambulance?
Examines the impact of hospital closures on patient travel time to an emergency department (ED) by ambulance. Uses national data on hospital closures and hospital-based ambulance services and compares rural/urban differences.
Author(s): SuZanne Troske, Alison Davis
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Underserved Health Research Center
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Examines the impact of hospital closures on patient travel time to an emergency department (ED) by ambulance. Uses national data on hospital closures and hospital-based ambulance services and compares rural/urban differences.
Author(s): SuZanne Troske, Alison Davis
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Rural and Underserved Health Research Center
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Rural Hospital Sustainability: New Data Show Worsening Situation for Rural Hospitals, Residents
Reports on an analysis of rural hospital financial viability. Identifies the number of hospitals by state at financial risk of closing and the number by state at high financial risk that are considered essential for community trauma access. Discusses factors affecting rural hospitals' finances and offers recommendations for policymakers and regional/academic partnerships.
Author(s): David Mosley, Daniel DeBehnke
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Navigant
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Reports on an analysis of rural hospital financial viability. Identifies the number of hospitals by state at financial risk of closing and the number by state at high financial risk that are considered essential for community trauma access. Discusses factors affecting rural hospitals' finances and offers recommendations for policymakers and regional/academic partnerships.
Author(s): David Mosley, Daniel DeBehnke
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Navigant
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Market Concentration and Potential Competition in Medicare Advantage
Examines competition among Medicare Advantage plans using county-level data on plans offered and enrollment for 2009-2017. Addresses market concentration in rural areas. Discusses the importance of plan competition to keep insurance prices down.
Author(s): Richard G. Frank, Thomas G. McGuire
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
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Examines competition among Medicare Advantage plans using county-level data on plans offered and enrollment for 2009-2017. Addresses market concentration in rural areas. Discusses the importance of plan competition to keep insurance prices down.
Author(s): Richard G. Frank, Thomas G. McGuire
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
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Roosevelt General Hospital Excels in Early Project Implementation
Highlights a rural, Short Term Acute Care (STAC) hospital in New Mexico that worked with the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) project in relation to Financial and Operational Assessment (FOA). Summarizes project implementation, successes, and impacts.
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Highlights a rural, Short Term Acute Care (STAC) hospital in New Mexico that worked with the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) project in relation to Financial and Operational Assessment (FOA). Summarizes project implementation, successes, and impacts.
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Rural Population Trends
Highlights an upturn in rural population since 2011-12 due to migration from urban areas. Looks at variations in rural net migration regionally and by race/ethnicity. Also compares population composition by race/ethnicity in 2017 for rural and urban areas.
Author(s): John Cromartie, Dennis Vilorio
Citation: Amber Waves
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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Highlights an upturn in rural population since 2011-12 due to migration from urban areas. Looks at variations in rural net migration regionally and by race/ethnicity. Also compares population composition by race/ethnicity in 2017 for rural and urban areas.
Author(s): John Cromartie, Dennis Vilorio
Citation: Amber Waves
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: USDA Economic Research Service
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American Broadband Initiative Milestones Report
Highlights steps for the federal government to take to increase broadband access and increase private-sector investments in broadband. Discusses broadband and mobile broadband deployment and adoption in the U.S. and offers statistics by urban, rural, and tribal lands. Provides recommendations discussing strategies, objectives, and overcoming barriers to increase broadband in urban and rural areas and tribal lands.
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Highlights steps for the federal government to take to increase broadband access and increase private-sector investments in broadband. Discusses broadband and mobile broadband deployment and adoption in the U.S. and offers statistics by urban, rural, and tribal lands. Provides recommendations discussing strategies, objectives, and overcoming barriers to increase broadband in urban and rural areas and tribal lands.
Date: 02/2019
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Casino Ownership and Health-Related Community Resources Among Native American Tribes in California
Examines the association between tribal casino ownership and health-related resources available to Native Americans, using survey data collected in 2015-2016 from 81 federally recognized tribes in California.
Author(s): Vanessa M. Oddo, Lina Pinero Walkinshaw, Jessica C. Jones-Smith
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 16
Date: 02/2019
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Examines the association between tribal casino ownership and health-related resources available to Native Americans, using survey data collected in 2015-2016 from 81 federally recognized tribes in California.
Author(s): Vanessa M. Oddo, Lina Pinero Walkinshaw, Jessica C. Jones-Smith
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 16
Date: 02/2019
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