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Date: Feb 2012
Results of a study examining the quality of life of adults 65 years and older in rural and urban areas. Considered health, social functioning and emotional well-being. Looked at a range of factors that could impact quality of life, including health behaviors and health needs.
...health behaviors and health needs. --- Quality of Life in Rural and Urban Adults 65 Years...
Date: Aug 2023
Discusses the components of age-friendly environments and how to support public health efforts that improve the lives of aging residents in rural areas. Provides data related to rural technology access, rural versus urban poverty rates and healthcare provider workforce, county-level U.S. maps of percentage of population aged 65 or older, and rural versus urban majority communities. Includes innovations and recommendations for age-friendly public health systems.
...health systems. --- Ensuring Age-Friendly Public Health in Rural Communities: Challenges, Opportunities, and Model Programs...
Date: Jul 2022
Examines emergency department (ED) and inpatient hospitalization rates for older adults with dementia in rural and urban areas of Minnesota. Utilizes 2016-2018 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention disease-specific mortality data to compare to chronologically related H-CUP's State Inpatient Database (SID) and State Emergency Department Database (SEDD) hospital and ED visit data. Includes rural versus urban breakdowns of hospitalizations and ED visits by demographics such as age, sex, income, education, minority status, health behaviors, and access to healthcare providers.
...health behaviors, and access to healthcare providers. --- Rural Health Disparities in Health Care Utilization for Dementia...
Reviewed: May 9, 2022
Overview of Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium's program in rural Alaska that is addressing rural suicide prevention.
...Health Consortium - RHIhub Suicide Prevention Toolkit --- Overview of Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium's program...
Date: Aug 2024
Comments on a July 3, 2024, Federal Register proposed rule related to Medicare payment policies for home health agencies. Includes comments regarding permanent and temporary budget-neutrality adjustments, the plan of care development and scope of services home health patients receive, and the proposed adoption of the core-based statistical area (CBSA) delineations for the home health wage index.
...health wage index. --- MedPAC Comment on CMS's Proposed Rule on the Home Health Prospective...
Date: Jan 2020
Explores how the uneven expansion of Medicaid affects the racial/ethnic health insurance coverage for infants across rural and urban areas in the U.S. Highlights spatial patterns in health insurance coverage among infants, and examines the probability that an infant will be born without health insurance coverage using 2011-2015 American Community Survey (ACS) data and logistic regression.
...Health Insurance: Racial/Ethnic and Rural/Urban Disparities in Infant Households' Insurance Coverage --- Explores how the uneven...
Date: Aug 2022
Examines the research done in the last decade by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) related to nutrition and health disparities. Includes discussions on recommended studies and grants to reduce health disparities in special populations, such as American Indian, rural, minority groups, and more.
...Health (NIH) related to nutrition and health disparities. Includes discussions on recommended studies and grants...
Date: Sep 5, 2023
The September 2023 episode of RHIhub's podcast provides a discussion about recovery housing in rural communities and the different levels of support it can provide to clients. Features Governor Ernie Fletcher, Ernie Fletcher, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of the Fletcher Group, and Erica Walker, Outreach and Engagement Specialist for the Fletcher Group.
...Health Resources and Services Administration RCORP Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorders , Health...
Date: Nov 2016
Brief video overview of the State Office of Rural Health (SORH) program, which was launched by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in 1991. Discusses the mission of SORHs and the role of networking in improving rural health.
...Health --- Brief video overview of the State Office of Rural Health (SORH) program, which was launched...
Date: Sep 2024
Highlights the Marshall Islands' maternal and child health programs. Includes topics related to reducing infant mortality, improving oral and behavioral health, and improving access, among others.
...health, and improving access, among others. 09/2024 Health Resources and Services Administration Access · Behavioral health...