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1381. Rural Health: Addressing Barriers to Care - Resources
Date: Oct 2023

An infographic that presents data on rural versus urban health disparities and barriers to healthcare in rural America. Includes interactive data on percentage of rural residents by state, rural life expectancy and chronic health conditions, hospital closures and lack of access to healthcare, rural workforce shortages, and more. Provides strategies to improve rural access to healthcare.

...Health Care Management, National Rural Health Association Access · Health conditions · Health disparities · Health workforce supply...

1382. Tobacco Use and Health Insurance Literacy Among Vulnerable Populations: Implications for Health Reform - Resources
Date: Nov 2017

Results of a study examining health insurance literacy among tobacco users, with data collected from 631 lower-income, predominantly minority residents of rural Virginia. Features statistics on insurance choice and cost, age, race, education, and tobacco use.

...Health Services Research, 17, 729 11/2017 Health insurance · Health literacy · Health reform · Tobacco use · Virginia...

1383. Health Literacy Mediates the Relationship between Age and Health Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure - Resources
Date: Jan 2016

Discusses a study on the role of health literacy in the relationship between increasing age and negative health outcomes in rural adults with heart failure (HF). Divides participants into younger group (under 65) and an older group (65 and older). Analyzes data by educational attainment, income, and several other factors.

...Health Literacy Mediates the Relationship between Age and Health Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure...

1384. Rural health for Ohio Overview - State Guides
Reviewed: May 22, 2026

Overview of resources and information to support rural health in Ohio.

...health for Ohio Overview - Rural Health Information Hub --- Overview of resources and information to support...

1385. Federally Qualified Health Center Strategies for Coping with Hospital Closure: Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK) - Resources
Date: Mar 2022

Describes how the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK), a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), took over two Mercy Hospital Fort Scott primary care clinics when the hospital closed in 2018. Explores CHC/SEK's response to the hospital's closure, the subsequent economic impact on the community, and lessons learned for rural FQHCs in similar situations.

...Health Center Strategies for Coping with Hospital Closure: Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK...

1386. Virginia Department of Health: Office of Health Equity (OHE) - Organizations
Reviewed: Nov 20, 2025

Summary information for the organization Virginia Department of Health: Office of Health Equity, including related information from this organization listed on the RHIhub website.

...Health: Office of Health Equity (OHE) --- Summary information for the organization Virginia Department of Health...

1387. South Carolina By the Numbers: The SC Hospital Association Data Portal - Resources
Reviewed: Jan 2026

Interactive report providing hospital quality of care metrics and county-by-county data on population health, health behaviors, and demographics in South Carolina. Provides statistics on health status, population and demographics, health workforce supply, broadband access, mental health, poverty, food environment, smoking, and more.

...health, health behaviors, and demographics in South Carolina. Provides statistics on health status, population and demographics...

1388. NHSC Rural Community Loan Repayment Program - Funding
Deadline: Mar 31, 2026

Loan repayment assistance for medical, nursing, and behavioral/mental health clinicians with specific training and credentials to provide evidence-based substance use disorder treatment in rural communities designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas.

...Health Workforce, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Health Service Corps, U.S. Department of Health...

1389. Informal Caregiving and Technology in Rural America - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jan 8, 2020

As people are living longer and trying to find solutions to delay the expense of long-term care or nursing facilities, family members, including adult children, are increasingly becoming informal, unpaid caregivers. Learn how technology may be a solution to help rural caregivers, what some of the challenges and opportunities are, and read about a current model that has the potential to change the landscape. - The Rural Monitor

...health (both positive and negative) or a health crisis at a greater rate than non-caregivers...

1390. National Health Service Corps Report to Congress for the Year 2020 - Resources
Date: 2021

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.

...Health and Human Services Financial aid for health career education · Health workforce shortage designations · Health...