Research Publications
Browse the full list of research publications from the Rural Health Research Centers.
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Five Most Recent Publications
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An Updated Model of Rural Hospital Financial Distress
Journal Article
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Date: 10/2024
In fall 2024, the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program completed a study modeling financial distress among rural hospitals, "An Updated Model of Rural Hospital Financial Distress." The model updates a 2016 version, by adding recent changes in the operating environment. -
The First Year of Rural Emergency Hospitals: REHs Serve Relatively Disadvantaged Counties
Policy Brief
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, Rapid Response to Requests for Rural Data Analysis
Date: 10/2024
This brief looks at community characteristics (socio-economic, race and ethnicity, and health status and access characteristics) of communities with a hospital that converted to a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) in 2023—the first year of the new rural hospital payment designation. -
News Media Coverage of Rural Hospital Closures and the Causes
Policy Brief
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, Rapid Response to Requests for Rural Data Analysis
Date: 10/2024
This study augments previous research with findings from a structured framework of attributed causes of rural hospital closures through the analysis of news media reports. -
Health Care Affordability and Medical Debt: Differences by Rurality, Region, and Socio-Demographic Characteristics
Policy Brief
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 09/2024
This policy brief examines rural/urban differences in rates of health care (un)affordability, as well as among rural residents by key socio-demographic characteristics. -
States and Rural Communities With and Without the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
Policy Brief
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 09/2024
The purpose of this policy brief is to measure sociodemographic differences in areas with and without a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) organization headquarters among rural communities and by state-level PACE availability and headquarters location.