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Date: Oct 17, 2018
Late life domestic violence, considered by some to be a subcategory of elder abuse, also needs the attention of healthcare providers. Hear from researchers about prevalence, screening, costs, and legal issues. - The Rural Monitor
...health agencies note that health data around elder abuse is difficult to gather because "elders...
Date: Nov 2013
Presents a case study focusing on the Health Information Technology (HIT) Regional Extension Center (REC) serving North Dakota and Minnesota (the Regional Extension Assistance Center for HIT, or REACH) and its experience working with rural physician practices in the two states.
...Evenson 11/2013 University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center Health information technology · Minnesota · North Dakota...
Date: Jan 9, 2019
Teleophthalmology has an established track record. Two ophthalmologists talk about present and future realities for remote eye care technology. - The Rural Monitor
...Health Needs: Preserving the Eyesight of Rural Populations Dr. Mark Horton reviewing a retinal image...
Date: Oct 2018
Examines the prevalence of asthma, allergies, and respiratory disease among Native Americans in Arizona, Utah, and Nevada, including related hospital admissions and mortality rates. Addresses risk factors such as tobacco use and wildfire smoke, along with prevention and treatment efforts. Identifies action items for tribes, public health professionals, and individuals.
...health professionals, and individuals. 10/2018 Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, American Indian Research Center for Health...
Date: Feb 2020
Highlights a study on the effect of travel distance on hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance for veterans with cirrhosis who are being treated by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Merges VHA and CMS data and breaks it down by demographics and travel distance to both VA and non-VA medical centers and the patients' primary care providers, among other measures.
...Health Services Research, 55(1), 103-112 02/2020 Cancer · Health disparities · Specialty care · Statistics and data...
Date: Feb 2024
Provides an overview of the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) program, which covers some or all Part D drug costs. Presents estimates of number of Medicare Part D enrollees who received LIS in 2020 and their characteristics, as well as Medicare beneficiaries who did and did not have prescription drug coverage but who appear to be eligible for LIS based on income and resources. Compares Medicare enrollees demographic, financial, health status, and healthcare utilization characteristics, including rurality.
...Health disparities · Health insurance · Income support and assistance · Medicare · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Rural-urban...
Date: Aug 2025
Describes the changes in the supply and demand of four specialists - cardiologists, neurologists, oncologists, and pulmonologists - between 2012 and 2022. Compares data on the ratio of these specialists per 100,000 population across urban, large rural, and small/isolated rural areas. Explores the socioeconomic characteristics of rural counties with and without one of these specialists in 2022. Summarizes perspectives of rural health system leaders on how specialty care is accessed by and delivered to rural patients.
...Health Research Center Access · Health workforce supply and demand · Physicians · Rural-urban differences · Specialty care...
Date: 2025
Measures and tracks trends in physician demographics, supply, and distribution, using data from January 2023 to December 2024. Features statistics for all Georgia physicians and those specializing in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN, general surgery, psychiatry, and emergency medicine, and maps showing counties with no physicians in these specialties as of 2024.
...Health Care Workforce Behavioral health workforce · County-by-county data · Emergency medical services · Health workforce...
Date: Dec 2016
Uses Medicare data to examine the relationship between social risk factors and the performance of value-based purchasing programs. Discusses policy considerations that could help ensure value-based purchasing programs achieve their intended results, especially among high social risk populations. Categorizes rurality as a community risk factor and discusses whether beneficiaries with social risk factors such as rurality have worse outcomes due to their social risk profile, or because of the providers they see. Also provides rural-specific statistics and recommendations for using value-based purchasing to improve health outcomes among high social risk populations. Appendices summarize and provide additional details for each of the 9 programs evaluated. See the second report.
...Health disparities · Health reform · Healthcare quality · Medicare · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Service...
Date: Oct 2025
Examines geographic and social disparities regarding access to cardiac rehabilitation (CR) care. Analyzes the relationship between CR access and social vulnerability, focusing on county CR availability, population size, distance to CR services, percentage without health insurance, and more. Includes metro versus rural county comparisons and discusses the role of rurality in CR access.
...10/2025 Access · Cardiovascular disease · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Specialty care...