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9911. Rural Residents Appear to be More Vulnerable to Serious Infection or Death From Coronavirus COVID-19 - Resources
Date: Feb 2021

Examines trends in COVID-19 case rates and death rates for urban and rural areas. Discusses factors that may make rural residents more vulnerable to severe illness or death, including underlying health conditions, age, and healthcare access barriers.

...health conditions, age, and healthcare access barriers. --- Rural Residents Appear to be More Vulnerable to Serious...

9912. Medicaid and CHIP in Puerto Rico - Resources
Date: Aug 2020

Summarizes key requirements and design features of Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in Puerto Rico. Features statistics on program costs from fiscal years 2011-2019, with breakdowns by federal spending and Puerto Rico spending.

...Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in Puerto Rico. Features statistics on program costs from fiscal years...

9913. Rural Transportation Toolkit - Resources
Reviewed: Oct 2025

Resources and best practices to help communities develop transportation programs for rural residents to access healthcare and meet other health-related needs. Identifies program models and examples, and discusses implementation, evaluation, sustainability, and dissemination of program results.

...health-related needs. Identifies program models and examples, and discusses implementation, evaluation, sustainability, and dissemination...

9914. How Counties Can Use Evidence-Based Policymaking to Achieve Better Outcomes - Resources
Date: Dec 2018

Examines county-level efforts to promote evidence-based policymaking and looks at ways in which counties engage in this work. Also identifies ways that counties support and sustain their success. Includes examples of several behavioral health initiatives.

...health initiatives. 12/2018 MacArthur Foundation, National Association of Counties, Pew Behavioral health · Community engagement and volunteerism...

9915. Practice Characteristics of the Established Physician Workforce in South Carolina: 2009-2015 - Resources
Date: Aug 2017

Examines how South Carolina physicians' employment status, practice settings, number of hours worked weekly, and number of practice sites changed from 2009 to 2015, based on data supplied by physicians when renewing their licenses. Features statistics with breakdowns including counts for Federally Qualified Health Centers or rural clinics and percentages of growth.

...Health Centers or rural clinics and percentages of growth. --- Practice Characteristics of the Established Physician...

9916. Impact of the Affordable Care Act Coverage Expansion on Rural and Urban Populations - Resources
Date: Jun 2016

Discusses the advances supported by provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) related to health insurance coverage, premium tax credits, and healthcare access for rural and urban populations with a special focus on rural individuals.

...health insurance coverage, premium tax credits, and healthcare access for rural and urban populations with...

9917. Medical Education Interventions Influencing Physician Distribution into Underserved Communities: A Scoping Review - Resources
Date: Apr 2022

Review of 130 articles, categorized by preferential admissions criteria, undergraduate or postgraduate training in rural or underserved areas, financial incentives, and initiatives composed of various combinations of these interventions. Intended to help map current evidence on educational interventions designed to influence physicians' decisions to practice in rural and underserved areas.

...Health, 20(31) 04/2022 Health workforce education and training · Health workforce supply and demand · Physicians...

9918. April 2023 MACPAC Meeting Transcript - Resources
Date: Apr 2023

Transcript from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission's (MACPAC) April 2023 meeting. Covers automatic adjustments to Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) allotments, DSH third-party payer policy, integrating care for dually eligible beneficiaries, access to Medicaid coverage and care for adults leaving incarceration, adult access to covered dental benefits, access to home- and community-based services, and an update on the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) unwinding. Includes rural references and considerations throughout.

...health emergency (PHE) unwinding. Includes rural references and considerations throughout. --- April 2023 MACPAC Meeting Transcript...

9919. Use of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Era - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Presents a review of more than 300 studies on the use of telehealth published between March 11, 2020, and May 2, 2022. Explores the characteristics of the patients, providers, and health systems using telehealth during the COVID-19 era. Examines the benefits and harms of telehealth, what is considered a successful telehealth intervention, and strategies used to implement telehealth interventions.

...health systems using telehealth during the COVID-19 era. Examines the benefits and harms of telehealth...

9920. High Rates of Decay and Need for Dental Treatment Among American Indian and Alaska Native Kindergartners in North Dakota - Resources
Date: Feb 2020

Describes a study examining results of dental screenings of 1,998 North Dakota kindergartners during the 2018-2019 school year. Features statistics including rates of decay experience, untreated decay, and need for early or urgent dental care, with breakdowns by race or ethnicity.

...Health Children and youth · Health disparities · Health screening · Oral health · Statistics and data · Tribal communities...