Kathleen Thiede Call

Phone: 612.624.3922
Fax: 612.624.2196

Rural Health Research Center
University of Minnesota
420 Delaware Street, SE, Box 729
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Completed Projects

Potential Cost Savings of Home Health Care for Rural Chronically Ill Elderly, Lead researcher
Research center: Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Aging, Chronic diseases and conditions, Home health

Publications

• Influence of Rural Residence on the Use of Preventative Health Care Services
  Author(s): Michelle M. Casey, Kathleen Thiede Call, Jill Klingner
  Research center: Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Health promotion and disease prevention, Rural statistics and demographics
  Report Number: Working Paper No. 34
  Date: 11 / 2000
  Study of the utilization of specific preventive health care services by rural women and men, and to assess the impact of rural residence, the availability of health care providers and technology, demographic factors, and health insurance status on the likelihood of obtaining the following preventive health care services: blood pressure screening, cholesterol screening, colon cancer screening, Pap smears, mammograms, flu shots, and pneumonia vaccinations.