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• Presentations by RHRC researchers at the the 2008 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2008, Washington, DC:
  
  
  • Freddy Chen presented:
    Frederick M. Chen, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Carl Morris, Mark P. Doescher. Rural Family Medicine Residency Training.
    
    
  • Beth Jackson presented:
    Mark P. Doescher, J. Elizabeth Jackson. Trends In Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Practices Among Women in Rural and Urban Areas of the United States Category.
    
    
  • Sue Skillman presented:
    Susan M. Skillman, Lorella Palazzo, Meredith A. Fordyce, Mark P. Doescher. Patricia Butterfield. 2008 (June). Factors Associated with Rural-Residing RNs’ Choices to Work in Larger Rural and Urban Areas.
    
    
• Posters presented at 2008 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 2008, Washington, DC.
  
  
  • Laura-Mae Baldwin, Leighton Chan, C. Holly A. Andrilla, Edwin D. Huff, L. Gary Hart. Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI): Are there Persistent Gaps between Rural and Urban Hospitals?
    
    
  • Mark P. Doescher, J. Elizabeth Jackson. Access to Care for Patients with Chronic Conditions, Poor Health, or No Insurance Coverage: Is Rural Better?
    
    
  • Meredith A. Fordyce, Frederick M. Chen, Mark P. Doescher, L. Gary Hart. 2005 Generalist Physician Supply and Distribution in Rural United States.
    
    
• New RHRC Publications
  
  
  • Baldwin LM, Hollow WB, Casey S, Hart LG, Larson EH, Moore K, Lewis E, Andrilla CHA, Grossman DC. Access to specialty health care for rural American Indians in two states. J Rural Health 24(3):269-278. Access the article from the Journal of Rural Health
  
  
  
  • Lynge DC, Larson EH, Thompson MJ, Rosenblatt RA, Hart LG. 2008 (April). A Longitudinal Analysis of the General Surgery Workforce in the United States, 1981 - 2005.
    Archives of Surgery 143(4):345-350. Access the article from Archives of Surgery.
    
    
  • Fordyce MA, Chen FM, Doescher MP, Hart LG. 2005 physician supply and distribution in rural areas of the United States. Final Report #116. Seattle, WA: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, University of Washington; Nov 2007.
    Full report. Policy Brief.
    
    
  • Skillman SM, Palazzo L, Hart LG, Butterfield P. Changes in the rural registered nurse workforce from 1980 to 2004. Final Report #115. Seattle, WA: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, University of Washington; Oct 2007.
    Full report. Policy Brief.
    
    
  • Larson EH, Murowchick E, Hart LG. Poor birth outcome in the rural United States: 1985-1987 to 1995-1997. Final Report #119. Seattle, WA: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, University of Washington; Feb 2008.
    Full report. Policy Brief.
    
    
• New RHRC Director Named. Mark Doescher, MD, MSPH, has been named the new Director of the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center. Mark has been an investigator with the RHRC since 1997, and takes over the position vacated by Dr. Gary Hart, who recently left the University of Washington for a position at the University of Arizona.
  
  
• RUCA Codes Version 2.0 are Available. The Rural Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) codes have been updated to reflect the 2000 Census and 2004 ZIP code areas. These codes were developed by Dr. Gary Hart and colleagues to better distinguish different types of rural areas, and are being widely used by researchers and policy makers. Please visit the RUCA site for futher information.
  
  
• Study of Nation's Federally Funded Health Centers includes publication in JAMA. Findings from a project conducted at the WWAMI RHRC were recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and received widespread media attention. The project surveyed administrators of community health centers across the nation about staffing patterns and recruitment and retention issues at a time of planned health center expansion. For study results see the following:
  
  
  • WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, University of Washington. Project Summary: Registered Nurse Vacancies in Federally Funded Health Centers. Seattle, WA: Author; Dec 2006. Project Summary.
    
    
  • Rosenblatt RA, Andrilla CH, Curtin T, Hart LG. Shortages of Medical Personnel at Community Health Centers: Implications for Planned Expansion. JAMA. Mar 2006;295(9):1042-1049. Access the article from JAMA.
    
    
  • WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, University of Washington. Project Summary: Dentist Vacancies in Federally Funded Health Centers. Seattle, WA: Author; Dec 2005. Project Summary.
    
    
  • WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, University of Washington. Project Summary: Physicians Currently Fulfilling Service Obligations in Federally Funded Health Centers. Seattle, WA: Author; Dec 2005. Project Summary.
    
    
  • WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, University of Washington. Project Summary: Family Physician Vacancies in Federally Funded Health Centers. Seattle, WA: Author; Dec 2005. Project Summary.
    
    Several other studies from these data are being written.