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Date: 2015
Examines perceptions of hospice care by 331 rural and 412 urban hospice patients or family members in the Southeastern United States, from September 2009 through April 2010. Features statistics with breakdowns by rural or urban location, patient race, and cancer or non-cancer diagnosis.
...cancer or non-cancer diagnosis. --- View more Quality of Hospice Care: Comparison Between Rural and Urban...
Date: Dec 12, 2018
For many rural Americans, distance to a specialty healthcare center hundreds of miles away makes for a long, uncomfortable, and expensive trip. In the past several decades, dozens of charitable flight services have cropped up to transport rural veterans, cancer patients, the chronically ill, and even abused children to treatment. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer patients, the chronically ill, and even abused children to treatment. - The Rural Monitor --- Dec 12, 2018 Taking...
Date: Jan 2019
Results of a study of women diagnosed with breast cancer at 8 institutions in 2013-2014, examining whether use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy instead of adjuvant chemotherapy varies by nonclinical factors such as patient socioeconomic status or rural residence. Features demographic statistics with breakdown by rural residence.
...Cancer Research and Treatment, 173(1), 179-188 Date 01/2019 Tagged as Cancer · Health disparities...
Date: May 2019
Evaluates the mobile mammography efforts of several programs in South Dakota. Includes a county-level map (see additional link) that details mobile mammography coverage and utilization, as well as breast cancer prevalence and mortality.
...cancer prevalence and mortality. Date 05/2019 Organization South Dakota Cancer Coalition Tagged as Cancer · Health...
Reviewed: Aug 29, 2022
Provides answers to frequently asked questions and resources on rural obesity and weight control. Compares obesity in rural and urban areas, discusses how obesity impacts health and factors contributing to obesity is rural areas. Covers health promotion efforts for local health departments, schools, communities, and rural specific models.
...Cancer Among Adults by Location of Residence Metropolitan Area Outside Metropolitan Area Heart disease 10.4% 12.5% Cancer...
Date: Nov 2023
Presents results from a survey on barriers, facilitators, and benefits of telehealth use for early integrated palliative care (EIPC). Survey participants were 48 clinicians providing palliative care services to patients with advanced lung cancer. Discusses clinician attitudes, logistical and organizational influences, and patient characteristics affecting access. Highlights barriers experienced by elderly, rural, and under-resourced populations.
...Cancers, 15(22), 5340 Date 11/2023 Tagged as Access · Cancer · Health workforce · Hospice and palliative...
Date: Feb 2024
Analyzes oncology genomic panel utilization of 9,886 subjects who received testing between January 2016 and June 2020. Provides data on test panel sizes and clinical trial matching status, with breakdowns by level of socioeconomic deprivation and rural or urban status. Describes trends in genomic testing, and discusses the significance of testing access to equity in cancer care.
...cancer care. Author(s) Yiqing Zhao, Anastasios Dimou, Zachary C. Fogarty, et al. Citation Cancer...
Date: Oct 2024
Examines rural versus urban survival disparities related to thymic cancer. Utilizes 2000-2020 diagnosed cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) 17-State database and provides sociodemographic information of patients and rural versus urban survival comparisons.
...Cancer Epidemiology, 92 Date 10/2024 Tagged as Cancer · Health disparities · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics...
Date: Oct 23, 2019
A new diagnosis of cancer? Of a rare disease? Or a chronic medical problem with seemingly no new treatment? The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences is supporting investigators and ensuring that their cutting-edge science gets to the people who need it. Translational science teams in Arkansas, Florida and Washington are making that happen in the rural areas of their states. - The Rural Monitor
...cancer? Of a rare disease? Or a chronic medical problem with seemingly no new treatment...
Added: Jul 20, 2023
A healthcare system in rural Washington partners with a small organic farm to offer weekly produce boxes to eligible low-income patients.
...cancer and diabetes in rural Jefferson County, Washington. Intervention: A local healthcare system partnered with...