Rural Health Research Products

The full list of freely-available research products from the Rural Health Research Centers, including policy briefs, reports, chartbooks, interactive data websites, and more.

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Five Most Recent Research Products

• The Market Mechanism and Health Insurance in Rural Places: Lessons Learned from an Economics and Policy Perspective
  Report
  RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  This paper focuses on unique challenges in health insurance markets facing rural people, providers, and places, identifying their origins in what economists call “market failures,” defined narrowly or broadly. We conclude with observations about the current landscape of rural insurance markets and identify issues policy makers should consider.
• Assessing the Unintended Consequences of Health Policy on Rural Populations and Places
  Report
  RUPRI Health Panel: Rural Policy Analysis and Applications
  This paper explores the unintended consequences of health policy through an analysis of policy actions that have affected, or had the potential to affect, rural people, places, and/or providers in ways counteractive to policy intent.
• The Rural Hospital and Health System Affiliation Landscape – A Brief Review
  Policy Brief
  RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  The shift from traditional fee-for-service to value-based payment requires major capital investment. In this paper, we examine rural hospital and health system motivations for affiliation and present a non-exhaustive list of common affiliation structures with representative examples.
• Update: Rural/Urban Disparities in Pneumococcal Vaccine Service Delivery Among the Fee-for-Service Medicare Population, 2012-2015
  Policy Brief
  Rural and Underserved Health Research Center
  Delivery of pneumococcal vaccines to fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries increased 380% from 2014-2015 as a result of uptake of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13). However, a significant rural-urban disparity remains. Pharmacy providers delivered a significantly greater proportion of vaccines in rural versus urban counties.
• Changes to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System Pertinent to Small and Rural Practices, 2018
  Policy Brief
  RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  This policy brief highlights key regulatory changes to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System that occurred in 2018. It discusses the implications of these changes with an emphasis on how these changes may affect small and rural practices.