State of Rural Women's Healthcare Utilization and Health Indicators
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Date | 04/2019 | |
Description | Rural women face barriers to accessing preventive health screenings, mental health services, and maternal healthcare. This Recap provides a summary of the research on rural women's utilization of healthcare services, maternal substance use, and other health indicators. | |
Topics | Health services, Healthcare access, Maternal health, Substance use and treatment, Women |
Rural Health Research Products Included in this Recap
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Birth Volume and the Quality of Care in Rural Hospitals
Journal Article
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2014
Evaluates obstetric care quality in low-, medium-, and high-volume areas by using hospital discharge data. -
Challenges Related to Pregnancy and Returning to Work After Childbirth in a Rural, Tourism-Dependent Community
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 02/2018
This case study highlights challenges related to pregnancy and returning to work after childbirth in a rural, tourism-dependent community in Minnesota. -
Closure of Hospital Obstetric Services Disproportionately Affects Less-Populated Counties
Policy Brief
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 04/2017
This policy brief describes the scope of obstetric unit and hospital closures resulting in loss of obstetric services in rural U.S. counties from 2004 to 2014. -
Ensuring Access to High-Quality Maternity Care in Rural America
Journal Article
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 05/2016
Examines the access to high-quality for rural women care during pregnancy and childbirth. Policy interventions at the local, state, and federal levels could help to address maternity care workforce shortages and improve quality of care available to the one-half million rural U.S. women who give birth each year. -
Implications of Rural Residence and Single Mother Status for Maternal Smoking Behaviors
Policy Brief
Maine Rural Health Research Center
Date: 11/2015
This study finds rural mothers are more likely than urban mothers to smoke. The authors suggest policymakers consider extending insurance for smoking cessation programs through the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid. Programs at the local, state, and national levels also could help reduce disparities in smoking-related morbidity and mortality. -
Non-Medical Opioid Use Among Rural and Urban Pregnant Women, 2007-2014
Policy Brief
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 08/2018
This policy brief presents data on rural-urban differences in non-medical opioid use among pregnant women to inform policy, programmatic, and clinical efforts to address this crisis. -
Practical Implications: Opioid-Affected Births to Rural Residents
Policy Brief
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 09/2018
This publication provides two physicians' reactions to research findings on rates of diagnosis of maternal opioid use disorder and infant neonatal abstinence syndrome at the time of childbirth for rural residents based on the type of hospital where the birth occurred. -
Preventive Health Service Use Among Rural Women
Policy Brief
Maine Rural Health Research Center
Date: 04/2019
This study used the National Health Interview Survey to examine differences in receipt of preventive health services among rural and urban women. It found that rural women are less likely to receive HPV vaccines and mammograms, even controlling for rural-urban sociodemographic and resource differences. -
Rural Women Delivering Babies in Non-Local Hospitals: Differences by Rurality and Insurance Status
Policy Brief
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 06/2015
This policy brief describes the extent to which rural pregnant women give birth in non-local hospitals and analyzes current patterns of non-local delivery by rural women's health insurance status and residential rurality. -
Rural-Urban Differences in Obstetric Care 2002-2010 and Implications for the Future
Journal Article
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 01/2014
Measures obstetric care in both rural and urban hospitals to find if trends differ from rural and urban hospital locations. -
State Variability in Access to Hospital-Based Obstetric Services in Rural U.S. Counties
Policy Brief
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 04/2017
This policy brief describes state-level variations in 1) the availability of hospital-based obstetric services, and 2) the scope of obstetric unit and hospital closures resulting in the loss of obstetric services in rural U.S. counties from 2004 to 2014. -
Use of the Emergency Department for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Among Women
Fact Sheet
North Dakota and NORC Rural Health Reform Policy Research Center
Date: 07/2017
This study identifies trends among women in rural and urban communities who utilize the emergency department for mental health and substance abuse. The information can be used to help communities provide more relevant, appropriate, and less costly care.