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Rural Policy Analysis and Applications

Publications

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  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: Impacts on Rural People, Places, and Providers: A First Look
    Date: 09 / 2010
    Author(s): Andrew F. Coburn, Jennifer P. Lundblad, A. Clinton MacKinney, Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller
    Topics: Health insurance and the uninsured, Health policy
    Summarizes six issue areas of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and discusses implications for access to services and improving the health status of rural residents. These issue areas are: health insurance coverage; Medicare and Medicaid payment; quality, financing, and delivery system reform; public health; healthcare workforce; and long-term care.
  • Place-based Policies and Public Health: The Road to Healthy Rural People and Places
    Date: 03 / 2011
    Author(s): Keith J. Mueller, A. Clinton MacKinney, Mario Gutierrez, Jocelyn Richgels
    Topics: Health policy, Public health
    Identifies how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) can influence the determinants of health and contribute to the prosperity, equity, sustainability, and livability of rural places.
  • Securing High Quality Health Care in Rural America: The Impetus for Change in the Affordable Care Act
    Date: 12 / 2010
    Author(s): A. Clinton MacKinney, Jennifer P. Lundblad, Andrew F. Coburn, Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller
    Topics: Health insurance and the uninsured, Health policy
    The ACA calls for the development of a National Health Care Quality Strategy and Plan (National Quality Strategy) that will affect health care that is delivered to millions of Americans who live in rural areas and thousands of health care providers who care for them.