Rural Health Research Journal Articles

Peer-reviewed journal articles with research findings from the Rural Health Research Centers.

Gateway lists the article citation, a brief summary, and a link to additional information and access to the full-text of the article, if available. While some journal articles are freely available, many require a subscription or affiliation with a subscribing library.

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Five Most Recent Journal Articles

• Financial Issues Challenging Sustainability of Rural Pharmacies
  RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Findings from a survey of rural lone community retail pharmacies about issues perceived as a threat to their sustainability. Reimbursement issues were cited as being most immediate and of highest magnitude.
• The Relationship Between Rural Health Clinic Use and Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits among Medicare Beneficiaries
  RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Uses nationally representative 2007 to 2010 Medicare data to examine the relationship between Rural Health Clinic (RHC) use and potentially preventable hospitalizations and ED visits. RHC use was associated with an increase in both preventable hospitalizations and ED visits among all Medicare enrollees, regardless of their reason for eligibility.
• Barriers Rural Physicians Face Prescribing Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
  WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Opioid use disorder is a serious public health problem. Management with buprenorphine is an effective medication-assisted treatment, but 60.1% of rural counties lack a physician with a Drug Enforcement Agency waiver to prescribe buprenorphine. This national study surveyed all rural physicians who have received a waiver in the United States.
• Assessing Diabetes and Factors Associated with Foregoing Medical Care among Persons with Diabetes: Disparities Facing American Indian/Alaska Native, Black, Hispanic, Low Income, and Southern Adults in the U.S. (2011-2015)
  Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  The purpose of this project was to identify individual- and place-based factors associated with diagnosed diabetes and foregone medical care among those diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes prevalence and foregone medical care were found to be higher for those with lower incomes, for several racial/ethnic groups, and in the South versus other regions.
• Emergency Department Telemedicine Is Used for More Severely Injured Rural Trauma Patients, but Does Not Decrease Transfer: A Cohort Study
  Rural Telehealth Research Center
  Traumatic injury is a leading cause of death in the U.S. Rural residents have limited access to trauma care, and telemedicine has been proposed to improve trauma care locally. This study describes patient-level factors associated with telemedicine and measures the association between telemedicine consultation and interhospital transfer.