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611. Fewer Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries Are Receiving Recommended Home Health Care
Date: Jul 2024

Describes trends in Medicare patients' receipt of recommended home health services following a hospitalization between 2016 and 2022. Presents data on home health referral completion rates by gender, race, dual eligibility status, rural/urban location, and social deprivation index groups. Discusses factors that could influence home health utilization trends and considerations for policymakers.

...Health Consulting, LLC Tagged as Healthcare business and finance · Home health · Post-acute care · Racial and ethnic groups · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...

612. The State of Latino Housing, Transportation, and Green Space: A Research Review
Date: May 2019

Highlights programs and policies that may improve neighborhood health equity in U.S. Latino communities. Discusses Latino migration to rural areas in the South and Midwest and the need for affordable housing and green space policies to promote health and wellbeing.

...health and wellbeing. Date 05/2019 Type Document Organizations Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Salud America Tagged as Access · Health disparities · Hispanic or Latino · Housing and homelessness · Human services · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...

613. Health Value and Belief Differences Among Rural Americans
Date: Apr 2019

Results of a study to better understand how Americans differ in their beliefs about health at individual, community, and societal levels. Appendix features survey question responses with breakdowns by rural and urban residence.

...urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

614. Discrimination in America: Experiences and Views of Native Americans
Date: Nov 2017

Examines Native Americans' personal experiences of discrimination across several areas of daily life, based on a national survey conducted between January and April, 2017. Areas of discussion include interactions with police, applying to jobs or being promoted at work, applying to or attending college, and going to a doctor or seeking healthcare. Also examines perceived differences in institutional discrimination between Native Americans living in predominantly Native areas versus those living in non-majority Native areas.

...Health, National Public Radio, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Tagged as American Indian or Alaska Native · Social determinants...

615. Provider-to-Provider Telemedicine for Sepsis Is Used Less Frequently in Communities with High Social Vulnerability
Date: Jun 2024

Examines the relationship between provider-to-provider emergency department-based telehealth consultation (tele-ED) and the prevalence of sepsis in counties with elevated social vulnerability index (SVI) scores. Analyzes 2016-2019 data from 1191 patients treated in rural, Midwestern EDs, with breakdowns according to patient, provider, hospital, and county characteristics. Discusses the relationship between SVI scores and tele-ED use.

...Social determinants of health · Specialty care · Statistics and data · Technology for health and human services...

616. Investigation of Predictors of Severity Of Diabetes Complications among Hospitalized Patients with Diabetes in Florida, 2016–2019
Date: Dec 2023

Examines risk factors for severe diabetes complications in adult hospitalizations in Florida by considering individual socioeconomic as well as area-level predictors. Utilizes 2016-2019 hospital discharge data to analyze predictors of complications and formulate a Neighborhood Deprivation Index for rural and urban ZIP code tabulation areas (ZCTAs) in Florida.

...Health, 23, 2424 Date 12/2023 Type Document Tagged as Diabetes · Inpatient care · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...

617. Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Development Increased Income for Rural Pennsylvania Families, but Youth Obesity Rates Remained High
Date: Feb 2021

Results of a study examining whether increases in income generated by Marcellus Shale natural gas extraction led to declines in youth obesity in parts of Pennsylvania where geological conditions were better for extracting natural gas. Uses data from 317 Pennsylvania school districts and compares youth obesity rates in 2007 and 2011.

...Health Promotion, Penn State Population Research Institute Tagged as Children and youth · Obesity and weight control · Social determinants...

618. The Financing of Rural Health
Date: Oct 2020

Features a recording of a panel discussion on innovative strategies for financing rural health. Discusses challenges in rural communities, such as health disparities, limited broadband access, hospital closures, and more. Mentions the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural health.

...health. Date 10/2020 Type Document Organization Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Tagged as Broadband · Health disparities · Healthcare business and finance · Hospitals · Infectious diseases · Networking and collaboration · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...

619. Child Poverty in Rural America
Date: Dec 2015

Policy brief describing the needs, challenges, and experiences of rural children and families living in poverty and how poverty affects their health. Offers recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop appropriate and integrated health and human service delivery programs and to create flexible grant opportunities that will reach children and families in need.

...Health and Human Services Tagged as Access · Children and youth · Policy · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...

620. Health Equity Report 2019-2020: Special Feature on Housing and Health Inequalities
Date: Oct 2020

Provides an overview of the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) program efforts in reducing health disparities and promoting health equity for various populations at the national, state, and local levels. Chapter 10 addresses rural-urban health disparities, with a focus on rural housing inequities and the opioid epidemic, and describes Federal Office of Rural Health Policy programs.

...Health Policy programs. Date 10/2020 Type Document Organization Health Resources and Services Administration Tagged as Health disparities · Health workforce · Housing and homelessness · Illicit drug use · Policy · Prescription drug misuse · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants...