Quality of Skilled Nursing Facilities Serving Rural Medicare Beneficiaries
Over one-third of all home health agencies and about half of skilled nursing facilities are either rural-located or urban-located with patient populations consisting of 10% or more rural Medicare beneficiaries. This study used Medicare star ratings to examine quality of home health agencies and skilled nursing facilities by rural-serving status.
The Association of Rurality and Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis: A National Study
More rural patients were initially diagnosed with breast cancer at a late stage compared to urban patients. Black non-Hispanic patients were 27% more likely and uninsured patients were over two times more likely to receive a late-stage diagnosis than non-Black patients and insured patients.
Geographic Access to Health Care for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: An Update and National Look
Rural Medicare beneficiaries travel farther to receive care and spend more time traveling than urban beneficiaries to access treatment. This study describes who cares for rural patients, distance to care, and how much care is received.
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The WWAMI Rural Health Research Center (RHRC) is one of seven rural health research centers funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to perform policy-oriented research on issues related to rural health care.
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Holly Andrilla Awarded Research & Scholarship Excellence Award
Congratulations to the WWAMI RHRC Deputy Director, Holly Andrilla, who has been awarded the 2023 [...]
Jun
The Association of Rurality and Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis
A new study by the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, led by David Evans, MD, [...]
Oct
Geographic Access to Health Care for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: An Update and National Look
Rural residents travel farther for care and often have more problems accessing care, including medical [...]
Sep
Allison Cole Awarded $2.9 Million NIH Grant
The WWAMI RHRC congratulates our colleague, Allison Cole, MD, MPH, and her team for their [...]
Apr
Increase in Waivered Clinicians Has Not Eliminated Rural/Urban Opioid Treatment Disparities
A new WWAMI RHRC study finds that the number of DEA-waivered clinicians more than doubled [...]
Mar
WWAMI RHRC Policy Brief Reports Shrinking Supply of General Surgeons in Rural America
The Distribution of the General Surgery Workforce in Rural and Urban America in 2019 We [...]
Mar
Articles Published on Health Equity in Primary Care Health Professional Education
RHRC investigators Andrilla, Evans, and Patterson published multiple articles in a special issue of the [...]
Dec
Study to Look at PNWU Grads and Clinical Practice Choices
The WWAMI Rural Health Research Center was recently awarded [...]
Nov