Research Publications
Browse the full list of research publications from the Rural Health Research Centers.
Products – Freely accessible products include policy briefs, fact sheets, full reports, chartbooks, and interactive data websites.
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Five Most Recent Publications
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The Low-Volume Hospital Adjustment Before and During COVID-19
Policy Brief
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Date: 07/2024
This brief uses current low-volume hospital adjustment qualifying criteria to compare low-volume hospitals to other rural hospitals and explores the effect of removing the adjustment before COVID-19 and during COVID. -
Rural-Urban Differences in Midwifery Care During Childbirth in the U.S.
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 07/2024
This infographic provides a snapshot of rural-urban differences in midwife-attended births, including changes over time as access to rural obstetric care declined and severe maternal morbidity and mortality rose across the United States. -
Loss of Hospital-Based Obstetric Services in Rural Counties in the United States, 2010-2022
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 07/2024
The purpose of this infographic is to show the loss of hospital-based obstetric services in rural counties from 2010 to 2022, and how this differs by rural county type (micropolitan vs. noncore). -
Estimated Impacts of Multiple Payment Policies on Rural-Serving Home Health Agencies
Policy Brief
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 07/2024
This brief examines the estimated impact of three Medicare payment policy changes on home health agency (HHA) reimbursement by rural-serving status, geographic location, and select HHA characteristics. -
2018-23 Profitability of Rural Hospitals by With and Without Rural Health Clinics and Long-Term Care
Policy Brief
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, Rapid Response to Requests for Rural Data Analysis
Date: 06/2024
This study compares the 2018-23 profitability of rural hospitals for hospitals that provide and do not provide long-term care, and that operate and do not operate rural health clinics.