The RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis has released a new policy brief COVID-19 Mortality Rates across Noncore, Micropolitan, and Metropolitan Counties by Community Characteristics, December 2020-January 2021. This policy brief examines differences in COVID-19 mortality rates across rural-urban designations and stratifications by geography, county-level sociodemographic factors, and county-level health care factors. Between December …
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New Rural Insurance Chartbook Released by RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
The RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis released An Insurance Profile of Rural America: A Chart Book. READ the CHART BOOK HERE Over the past decade, health insurance coverage has changed in major ways in rural areas with shifts towards public and publicly subsidized coverage among the nonelderly – Medicaid, Marketplace plans — and …
RUPRI Releases Nursing Homes in Rural America: A Chartbook. July 2022
The RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis released a Nursing Homes in Rural America Chartbook. Policymakers are increasingly concerned about the availability of post-acute care and long-term care services in rural areas. In this chartbook, we define nursing homes as Medicare and/or Medicaid certified facilities providing post-acute care (skilled nursing facilities) and/or long-term care …
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The American Community Survey: What it Means for County Data. RUPRI Data Brief. March 2010.
This Data Brief was authored by Kathleen Miller Click Here for Data Brief
Why Definitions Matter: Rural Definitions and State Poverty Rankings. Data Brief. March 2010.
This Data Brief was authored by Kathleen Miller. Click Here for Data Brief.