Diabetes

Current Projects

• Health Care Spending for Seven Chronic Conditions by Rurality: A National Chartbook
  National health care spending estimates often lack the geographic detail needed to examine rural-urban differences. This project will create a county-level chartbook of spending for seven chronic conditions, showing variation across the rural-urban continuum nationally and by Census Division to inform resource allocation and care delivery priorities.
  Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Cancer, Chronic diseases and conditions, Diabetes, Mental and behavioral health, Substance use and treatment
  
• Rural/Urban Differences in Forgoing Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  Several surveys conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic showed that adults delayed or skipped healthcare services during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines changes in healthcare utilization for primary and preventative care among rural and urban Medicare fee-for-service enrollees since the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Research center: ETSU/NORC Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Aging, Care management, Chronic diseases and conditions, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Diabetes, Health promotion and disease prevention, Health services, Medicare, Mental and behavioral health, Telehealth