The Rural Policy Research Institute provides nonpartisan, research-based analysis and information on the challenges, needs, and opportunities facing rural communities.
Browse our work on the well-being of rural communities, including publications, presentations, news, and events.
Presented by the Rural Policy Research Institute Health Panel: Keith Mueller, PhD; Timothy McBride, PhD; Andrew Coburn, PhD. At the Annual Meeting of the National
This presentation explores rural and urban definitions and what makes an area rural/urban. It also discusses population dynamics and challenges in rural and urban areas.
Presented by Charles W. Fluharty (President and CEO, Rural Policy Research Institute) at The New River Valley Planning District Commission Annual Dinner on March 12,
This presentation maps out the framework for regional rural innovation and the eight forms of rural wealth. Presented by Charles W. Fluharty (President and CEO,
This presentation discusses the climate of change in health care, payment policies and price reduction threats. It will also touch base on the Affordable Care
This column touches on leadership, seeking collaborative benefit, aligning towns, and creating an envisioned rural future. It will also discuss two major new rural initiatives.
This has been an historic, discouraging, and informative week in American politics, and the American people have had it. Really, can all this possibly become
Presented by Charles W. Fluharty (President and CEO, Rural Policy Research Institute) to the Utah Rural Summit in Cedar City, Utah on August 8,2013. View
RUPRI President and CEO Chuck Fluharty offers commentary on how the failure to pass a farm exposes changing realities in the rural landscape that are
RUPRI Health Panel Provides Comments to CMS-2367-P Proposed Rule Medicaid Program; State Disproportionate Share Hospital Allotment Reductions. July 12th, 2013. Read Comment Letter Here