Examination of Trends in Rural and Urban Health: Establishing a Baseline for Health Reform

The purpose of this project is to update and supplement the seminal Health, United States, 2001: Urban and Rural Health Chartbook. Resulting information can not only be compared to the 2001 Chartbook but provides a baseline from which to measure future change related to the Accountable Care Act implementation. Where appropriate additional charts are included wherein rural areas are subdivided by type.

Publications

• Rural-Urban Disparities in Heart Disease
  Policy Brief
  North Dakota and NORC Rural Health Reform Policy Research Center
  Date: 10/2014
  The Department of Health and Human Services' report Health, United States, 2001: With Urban and Rural Health Chartbook illustrated trends and highlighted priorities in urban/rural health. The Rural Health Reform Policy Research Center replicated the analyses using the most recent data available. This brief highlights key heart disease findings.