Minnesota Resources
An Update to Rural Urban Continuum Codes
Discusses various rural definitions and explains changes to the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (RUCC). Includes map of Minnesota depicting changes in RUCC county categorizations from 2013 to 2023 as well as a list of Minnesota counties that had population and corresponding RUCC changes.
Author(s): Kelly Asche
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Discusses various rural definitions and explains changes to the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (RUCC). Includes map of Minnesota depicting changes in RUCC county categorizations from 2013 to 2023 as well as a list of Minnesota counties that had population and corresponding RUCC changes.
Author(s): Kelly Asche
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Strategic Collaboration: The Key to Moving Rural Healthcare Forward
Features strategic collaboration efforts in rural Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota that combine resources and expertise to improve care and patient outcomes.
Author(s): Kristin D. Wilson, Whitney Zahnd, Hallie Vonk
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 03/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Features strategic collaboration efforts in rural Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota that combine resources and expertise to improve care and patient outcomes.
Author(s): Kristin D. Wilson, Whitney Zahnd, Hallie Vonk
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 03/2024
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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The Suicide Epidemic in Rural Minnesota: How We Got Here and How We Move Forward
Provides information on the yearly increase of suicides and deaths of despair in Minnesota, with data broken down by sex, region, and rurality. Discusses factors that impact suicide rates in rural areas, with a focus on tribal communities, farming, stigma, firearm access, and more.
Author(s): Marnie Werner, Tracie Rutherford Self
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Rural Behavioral Health, Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Provides information on the yearly increase of suicides and deaths of despair in Minnesota, with data broken down by sex, region, and rurality. Discusses factors that impact suicide rates in rural areas, with a focus on tribal communities, farming, stigma, firearm access, and more.
Author(s): Marnie Werner, Tracie Rutherford Self
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Rural Behavioral Health, Center for Rural Policy and Development
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2024 Status of Women and Girls in Minnesota
Report examining economic opportunity, safety, health and wellness, and leadership equality among women and girls in Minnesota based on data from the American Community Survey, Minnesota Student Survey, and other sources. Highlights disparities in healthcare access, food security, and environmental health for rural populations.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy, University of Minnesota, Women's Foundation of Minnesota
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Report examining economic opportunity, safety, health and wellness, and leadership equality among women and girls in Minnesota based on data from the American Community Survey, Minnesota Student Survey, and other sources. Highlights disparities in healthcare access, food security, and environmental health for rural populations.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 02/2024
Sponsoring organizations: Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy, University of Minnesota, Women's Foundation of Minnesota
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Interconnected: An Update on Minnesota's Child Care Challenges
A recorded webinar that discusses childcare shortages in rural and urban areas of Minnesota. Focuses on challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, strategies and investments to improve child care in the state, and childcare models in rural areas.
Author(s): Jessica Beyer, Tikki Brown, Marla Fountain, et al.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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A recorded webinar that discusses childcare shortages in rural and urban areas of Minnesota. Focuses on challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, strategies and investments to improve child care in the state, and childcare models in rural areas.
Author(s): Jessica Beyer, Tikki Brown, Marla Fountain, et al.
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Minnesota - Shift in Migration Patterns Continue in 2022
Describes migration patterns in Minnesota due to natural changes and out- versus in-migration. Includes county-level maps and data according to entirely rural, town/rural mix, urban/town/rural mix, and entirely rural.
Author(s): Kelly Asche
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Describes migration patterns in Minnesota due to natural changes and out- versus in-migration. Includes county-level maps and data according to entirely rural, town/rural mix, urban/town/rural mix, and entirely rural.
Author(s): Kelly Asche
Date: 01/2024
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Policy and Development
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Factors Associated with Health Care Professionals' Choice to Practice in Rural Minnesota
Examines the workforce supply of physicians, physician assistants (PAs), and advance practice registered nurses (APRNs) in rural Minnesota. Discusses impacts of COVID-19 on workforce supply, burnout and job dissatisfaction, and factors that influence the choice to work in a rural area.
Author(s): Teri Fritsma
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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Examines the workforce supply of physicians, physician assistants (PAs), and advance practice registered nurses (APRNs) in rural Minnesota. Discusses impacts of COVID-19 on workforce supply, burnout and job dissatisfaction, and factors that influence the choice to work in a rural area.
Author(s): Teri Fritsma
Date: 12/2023
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Department of Health
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The MN RIDE Pilot: Feasibility of a Synchronous, Remotely Delivered, Aerobic Exercise Training Program for Rural-Dwelling Adults with Subjective Cognitive Decline
Evaluates the feasibility of implementing an aerobic exercise (AEx) telerehabilitation program in rural Minnesota for middle-aged and older adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD). Assesses participant attendance, intensity adherence, adverse events, and satisfaction with the program. Discusses the potential of utilizing telerehabilitation programs for rural patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD).
Author(s): Dereck L. Salisbury, Wayne Warry, Joshua Fergen, et al.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 23(4), 8351
Date: 12/2023
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Evaluates the feasibility of implementing an aerobic exercise (AEx) telerehabilitation program in rural Minnesota for middle-aged and older adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD). Assesses participant attendance, intensity adherence, adverse events, and satisfaction with the program. Discusses the potential of utilizing telerehabilitation programs for rural patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD).
Author(s): Dereck L. Salisbury, Wayne Warry, Joshua Fergen, et al.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 23(4), 8351
Date: 12/2023
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Defining the Clinical and Procedural Opportunities Available to Residents During Rural Rotations
Results of a study to determine the rate at which emergency medicine residents at a large academic hospital in Minnesota were exposed to certain clinical and procedural experiences (CPEs) while on rural rotations, compared with their usual academic training hospital. Features patient demographics and statistics on CPEs with breakdowns by rural emergency department (ED) patients and academic ED patients.
Author(s): Brandon Haefke, Daniel Scholz, James Homme, Derick Jones
Citation: Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training, 7(6), e10922
Date: 11/2023
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Results of a study to determine the rate at which emergency medicine residents at a large academic hospital in Minnesota were exposed to certain clinical and procedural experiences (CPEs) while on rural rotations, compared with their usual academic training hospital. Features patient demographics and statistics on CPEs with breakdowns by rural emergency department (ED) patients and academic ED patients.
Author(s): Brandon Haefke, Daniel Scholz, James Homme, Derick Jones
Citation: Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training, 7(6), e10922
Date: 11/2023
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Financial Evaluation of Minnesota's Ground Ambulance Industry
Provides an overview of ground ambulance costs in Minnesota, with a focus on operational expenses, personnel costs, operational cost per transport, revenue sources, and financial sustainability of ambulance services. Reports on both statewide and regional costs.
Date: 11/2023
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board
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Provides an overview of ground ambulance costs in Minnesota, with a focus on operational expenses, personnel costs, operational cost per transport, revenue sources, and financial sustainability of ambulance services. Reports on both statewide and regional costs.
Date: 11/2023
Sponsoring organization: Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board
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Last Updated: 2/19/2026