Research Publications

Browse the full list of research publications from the Rural Health Research Centers.

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Five Most Recent Publications

• News Media Coverage of Rural Hospital Closures and the Causes
  Policy Brief
  North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, Rapid Response to Requests for Rural Data Analysis
  Date: 10/2024
  This study augments previous research with findings from a structured framework of attributed causes of rural hospital closures through the analysis of news media reports.
• Health Care Affordability and Medical Debt: Differences by Rurality, Region, and Socio-Demographic Characteristics
  Policy Brief
  University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
  Date: 09/2024
  This policy brief examines rural/urban differences in rates of health care (un)affordability, as well as among rural residents by key socio-demographic characteristics.
• States and Rural Communities With and Without the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
  Policy Brief
  University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
  Date: 09/2024
  The purpose of this policy brief is to measure sociodemographic differences in areas with and without a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) organization headquarters among rural communities and by state-level PACE availability and headquarters location.
• Pediatric and Pregnancy-related Visits at Rural Health Clinics in 2018 Among Medicaid/CHIP Enrollees in 20 States
  Policy Brief
  Maine Rural Health Research Center
  Date: 09/2024
  This policy brief reports on the percentage of Medicaid-enrolled children and reproductive age women with pregnancy-related service use who visited a Rural Health Clinic in 2018 in 20 states.
• Rural-Urban Differences in Self-Reported Participation in Diabetes Self-Management Education
  Journal Article
  Rural and Minority Health Research Center
  Date: 09/2024
  Using 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data, this study examined the proportion of rural versus urban adults who reported receiving Diabetes Self-Management Education.