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261. Improving Community Health through Hospital Community Benefit Spending: Charting a Path to Reform - Resources
Date: Dec 2016

Provides background on the origin and importance of nonprofit hospital community benefit spending, and explains the difference between community building and community benefit activities. Examines policy options that the IRS could use to enhance community benefit spending focused on improving social determinants of health community-wide. Includes rural-specific statistics and multiple comparisons of items identified in community health needs assessments (CHNAs).

...Health reform · Hospitals · Needs assessment methods and resources · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data...

262. Community Resilience and Stroke Outcomes in Older Adults: Beyond Rural-Urban Classifications - Resources
Date: Dec 2025

Examines the impact of community resilience and stroke burden across rural and urban U.S. counties. Utilizes data from Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged 65 or older as well as the Baseline Resilience Indicators for Communities (BRIC) index to examine county-level social determinants of health that measure resilience. Provides rural versus urban breakdowns of stroke burden and BRIC resilience metrics.

...disease · Elderly population · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data...

263. Louisiana Community Health Grants - Funding
Deadline: Nov 1, 2025

Grants for programs across the state of Louisiana that are designed to increase preventive care, create health equity, and improve health outcomes.

...Sexual and reproductive health · Social determinants of health · Vaccination · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Louisiana...

264. A Health Equity Approach to Obesity Efforts: Proceedings of a Workshop - Resources
Date: Dec 2019

Proceedings of a workshop focused on health equity in demographic groups with a higher risk of obesity and how to address those issues in obesity treatment and prevention efforts. Covers disparities in obesity prevalence, including for rural areas and American Indian/Alaska Natives, social determinants of health, community and public health approaches for preventing and treating obesity, and effective healthcare interventions.

...social determinants of health, community and public health approaches for preventing and treating obesity, and effective...

265. Forces Driving Change in Rural North Carolina - Resources
Date: Sep 2025

Examines major forces driving change in rural North Carolina communities, which influence people, communities, and businesses. Includes sections on rural healthcare inequities, social determinants of health, and the long-term impact of COVID-19 on rural people. Features a county-level map showing health outcome rankings as of 2022, and statistics on the number of healthcare professionals per 10,000 people, with breakdowns by urban, suburban, and rural areas.

...Health workforce supply and demand · Infrastructure · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · North Carolina...

266. Ensuring Access to Quality Health Care in Vulnerable Communities - Resources
Date: Sep 2018

Highlights the health characteristics and conditions of vulnerable populations in rural and urban communities, and the essential healthcare services as identified by the American Hospital Association Task Force on Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities. Discusses several strategies recommended by the task force to address social determinants of health, enhance virtual care services to reform healthcare delivery and payment methods, and support hospitals in their efforts to provide the needed health services.

...Health disparities · Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Reimbursement and payment models · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data...

267. Factors Associated With Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Outcomes - Resources
Date: Feb 2024

Analyzes social determinants of health and demographic factors influencing racial and ethnic disparities in treatment response among rectal cancer patients. Provides data breakdowns of factors associated with patient outcomes, including treatment facilities' level of rurality. Highlights disparities experienced by Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black patients relative to non-Hispanic White patients.

...e240044 02/2024 Cancer · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data...

268. Addressing Rural Workforce Shortages and Healthcare Disparities: An Annotated Bibliography - Resources
Date: Feb 2019

Report designed to inform policy discussions and future publications concerning healthcare disparities and outcomes, the distribution of physicians in rural areas, and the graduate medical education system financing. Also includes sections on rural hospital closures, social determinants of health, and healthcare safety net facilities. Constructed from a literature review, expert-recommended articles, and a search of white and grey literature.

...loan repayment, and loan forgiveness for health careers · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health...

269. Maternal and Obstetric Care Challenges in Rural America - Resources
Date: May 2020

Provides an overview of the clinical factors and social determinants of health that may increase the risk of maternal morbidity and mortality in rural communities. Discusses the impact of insurance coverage status, hospital and obstetric unit closures, and workforce shortages on rural maternal health. Describes the role of the Department of Health and Human Services in addressing maternal health outcomes. Offers policy recommendations to reduce rural maternal health disparities.

...health workforce · Medicaid · Mortality · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data...

270. Sparta Community Hospital Spotlight - Resources
Date: May 2023

Describes how the Sparta Community Hospital worked to identify the social determinants of health in its community. Discusses the addition of a mobile clinic to increase access to primary care, address barriers, and advance health equity. Transcript available below description.

...Health Resource Center Access · Hospitals · Mobile and episodic healthcare delivery · Primary care · Social determinants of health...