Rapid Response to Requests for Rural Data Analysis

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Profile of Sole Community Pharmacists' Prescription Sales and Overall Financial Position
Date: 08 / 2009
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Michelle Lampman, Indira Richardson, Stephen Rutledge
Topic: Pharmacy and prescription drugs
Sole community independent pharmacists provide essential services to residents of small towns and isolated communities. In an effort to document the role sole community pharmacies play in their local health care system and to monitor their financial and operational status we conducted a survey in 2008 of 401 community pharmacists that owned the only retail outlet in their community. Pharmacist-owners in independent pharmacies located at least 10 miles from the next closest retail pharmacy were interviewed to determine their reliance on prescription sales and to understand their store's current financial position.
Rural Health Snapshot 2010
Date: 08 / 2010
Topics: Health services, Rural statistics and demographics
The Rural Health Snapshot displays selected indicators of access to health care, health behavior/risk factors, and mortality rates, comparing rural to urban residents.
Trends in Skilled Nursing Facility and Swing Bed Use in Rural Areas Following the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (Final Report)
Date: 04 / 2011
Author(s): Kristin L. Reiter, Victoria A. Freeman
Topics: Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, Health services, Medicare
Provides descriptive evidence on current trends in the availability and use of swing beds and skilled nursing facility services in rural areas.

Topics Centers Researchers Other Resources Search		Rapid Response to Requests for Rural Data Analysis Publications Alphabetical list. You can also view by publication date. Profile of Sole Community Pharmacists' Prescription Sales and Overall Financial Position Date: 08 / 2009 Author(s): Andrea Radford, Michelle Lampman, Indira Richardson, Stephen Rutledge Topic: Pharmacy and prescription drugs Sole community independent pharmacists provide essential services to residents of small towns and isolated communities. In an effort to document the role sole community pharmacies play in their local health care system and to monitor their financial and operational status we conducted a survey in 2008 of 401 community pharmacists that owned the only retail outlet in their community. Pharmacist-owners in independent pharmacies located at least 10 miles from the next closest retail pharmacy were interviewed to determine their reliance on prescription sales and to understand their store's current financial position. Rural Health Snapshot 2010 Date: 08 / 2010 Topics: Health services, Rural statistics and demographics The Rural Health Snapshot displays selected indicators of access to health care, health behavior/risk factors, and mortality rates, comparing rural to urban residents. Trends in Skilled Nursing Facility and Swing Bed Use in Rural Areas Following the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (Final Report) Date: 04 / 2011 Author(s): Kristin L. Reiter, Victoria A. Freeman Topics: Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, Health services, Medicare Provides descriptive evidence on current trends in the availability and use of swing beds and skilled nursing facility services in rural areas.