1999 Research Publications

Browse the full list of research publications from the Rural Health Research Centers.

Products – Freely accessible products include policy briefs, fact sheets, full reports, chartbooks, and interactive data websites.

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Implementation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program: Outreach, Enrollment, and Provider Participation in Rural Areas (Policy Brief)
Policy Brief
NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
Date: 11/1999
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides states with an important source of funding to help low-income, uninsured children overcome financial barriers to medical care. This policy analysis brief assesses CHIP outreach, enrollment, and provider issues in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
Implementation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program: Outreach, Enrollment, and Provider Participation in Rural Areas (Full Report)
Report
NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
Date: 11/1999
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provides states with an important source of funding to help low-income, uninsured children overcome financial barriers to medical care. CHIP may be especially important in covering children living in rural areas. This study qualitatively assesses CHIP outreach, enrollment, and provider issues.
The Production of Rural Female Generalists by U.S. Medical Schools
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 05/1999
This paper compares the production of rural female generalists among medical schools. Data from the AMA Physician Masterfile for the 1988-1996 graduate cohort were used to compare the production of rural female generalists by medical school. Outcome measures included total number and percentage of rural female generalist graduates of each school.
Metropolitan, Urban and Rural Commuting Areas: Toward a Better Depiction of the U.S. Settlement System
Journal Article
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 1999
Analyzes 1990 census-defined urbanized areas and tract-to-tract commuter flows. Results include a modest shift of population from metropolitan to nonmetropolitan, as well as a significant reduction in the areal size of metropolitan areas, disaggregation of many areas, and frequent reconfiguration to a more realistic settlement form.
Rural and Urban Physicians: Does the Content of Their Medicare Practices Differ?
Journal Article
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 1999
Rural and urban areas have significant differences in the availability of medical technology, medical practice structures and patient populations. This study uses 1994 Medicare claims data to examine whether these differences are associated with variation in the content of practice between physicians practicing in rural and urban areas.
Dimensions of Retention: A National Study of the Locational Histories of Physician Assistants
Journal Article
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 1999
This study describes the locational histories of a representative national sample of physician assistants and considers the implications of observed locational behavior for recruitment and retention of physician assistants in rural practice.