Category: Rural Health Research Gateway

Webinar: Understanding Housing as a Social Driver of Health for Rural Residents – Wednesday, May 29, 1:00 p.m. ET

May 20, 2024

Webinar: Understanding Housing as a Social Driver of Health for Rural Residents – Wednesday, May 29, 1:00 p.m. ET

During this one-hour webinar, presenters will share recent research findings on rural/urban differences in housing cost burden and quality of housing stock.

This webinar will also include results from a series of key informant interviews on challenges and opportunities to support housing and improve health for rural residents.

After attending, participants will be able to describe differences between rural and urban residents in basic housing access and quality measures.

Attendees will also be able to identify opportunities to improve housing as a social driver of health through policy and programming.

Registration is free and required. Attendance of the live webinar is limited to 500  persons. If you are unable to attend, you will be able to access the recording.

Cost:  Free

When: Wednesday, May 29, 1:00 p.m. ET

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Rural Health Research Gateway – Research Recap: LGBTQ+ Health: Rural vs Urban Inequities

April 25, 2024

Rural Health Research Gateway – Research Recap: LGBTQ+ Health: Rural vs Urban Inequities

From 2019-2020, rural lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults were more likely to report poor/fair self-rated health than rural heterosexual adults.

This  Recap summarizes several policy briefs from the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center examining self-rated health, chronic conditions, mental health, and social and emotional support systems for LGBTQ+ populations.

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Rural Health Research – A Comparison of 2017 – 2019 Uncompensated Care of Rural and Urban Hospitals by Net Patient Revenue, System Affiliation and Ownership

February 2, 2024

Rural Health Research – A Comparison of 2017 – 2019 Uncompensated Care of Rural and Urban  Hospitals by Net Patient Revenue, System Affiliation and Ownership

Researchers at the North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center use 2017 – 2019 Medicare Cost Report data to study the association of uncompensated care with:

  • Net patient revenue
  • System affiliation
  • Ownership among Critical Access Hospitals
  • Rural Prospective Payment System (PPS) hospitals
  • Urban PPS hospitals

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Ambulance Deserts: Geographic Disparities in the Provision of Ambulance Services

June 15, 2023

Ambulance Deserts: Geographic Disparities in the Provision of Ambulance Services

Access to timely ambulance service is an essential part of the emergency medical system. Yet ambulance access varies widely with significant gaps across the country. During this webinar, Dr. Yvonne Jonk, from the Maine Rural Health Research Center, will present key findings from a new chartbook that analyzes 41 states in 2021-2022 and identifies places and people that are more than 25 minutes from an ambulance station, also called an ambulance desert (AD). The chartbook presents data on ADs by state and county. Included are maps of AD locations and healthcare facility locations for every state with available data. Given that nine states lacked data on ambulance locations, the number of people living in ADs in the U.S. is likely higher than what was reported here.

Date: Monday, June 26, 2023
Time: 10:00 am Pacific, 11:00 am Mountain, 12:00 pm Central, 1:00 pm Eastern
Duration: approximately 60 minutes

Registration is free and required. Attendance of the live webinar is limited to 500 persons. If you are unable to attend, you will be able to access the recording, archived on the Gateway website.

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