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Defining rural
Publications
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2006
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Defining the Term "Frontier Area" for Programs Implemented through the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth
Author(s): University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
Research center:
Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Topics:
Defining rural,
Frontier health,
Telehealth
Date: 05 / 2006
An expert panel report to the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Provides an overview of current frontier definitions and describes the process used to develop a new frontier area definition that could be applied to telehealth programs.
2005 -
Rural Definitions for Health Policy and Research
Author(s): L. Gary Hart, Eric H. Larson, Denise M. Lishner
Research center:
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Topics:
Defining rural,
Health policy
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 95(7), 1149-1155
Date: 07 / 2005
Defining "rural" for health policy and research purposes requires researchers and policy analysts to specify which aspects of rurality are most relevant to the topic at hand and then select an appropriate definition. Rural and urban taxonomies often do not discuss important demographic, cultural, and economic differences across rural places-differences that have major implications for policy and research. Factors such as geographic scale and region also must be considered. Several useful rural taxonomies are discussed and compared in this article. Careful attention to the definition of "rural" is required for effectively targeting policy and research aimed at improving the health of rural Americans.
2004 -
Definition of Rural in the Context of the MMA Access Standards for Prescription Drug Plans
Author(s): Keith J. Mueller, Rebecca T. Slifkin, Michael D. Shambaugh-Miller, Randy K. Randolph
Research centers:
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center,
Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Topics:
Defining rural,
Legislation and regulation,
Pharmacy and prescription drugs
Report Number: RUPRI Policy Paper P2004-7, North Carolina Working Paper No. 79
Date: 09 / 2004
Access to local pharmacy services is dependent upon the extent to which prescription drug plans offering the Medicare benefit incorporate local rural pharmacies into their provider networks. This will be based on market considerations and on the requirements for local access contained in the MMA and regulation, which in turn will be shaped by how "rural" is defined. This paper assesses how the definition of rural affects the potential impact of the specific access standards in the Proposed Rule to implement Title I of the MMA, and finds that the congressional objective to achieve convenient access to pharmacies (other than mail order) would be more fully realized if the Proposed Rule definition of rural is changed.
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Core Based Statistical Areas And The Medicare Wage Index
Research center:
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Topics:
Defining rural,
Medicare Wage Index
Report Number: Policy Brief
Date: 02 / 2004
Discusses the potential impact of the 2003 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) statistical area standards on the hospital wage index and Medicare payments to rural providers. Additionally, three other possible options for defining labor markets using the 2003 classifications are presented.
2003
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