Indira Richardson

Completed Projects - (1)

Critical Access Hospital Conversion Tracking
Information regarding new CAH conversions will be gathered from Flex coordinators and CMS, and added to the CAH management information dataset that is housed at UNC. Flex coordinators will also be queried regarding topics of interest to the coordinators, the monitoring team, and the federal Office of Rural Health Policy.
Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Topic: Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)

Profile of Sole Community Pharmacists' Prescription Sales and Overall Financial Position
Rapid Response to Requests for Rural Data Analysis
Date: 08/2009
We conducted a survey of community pharmacists who owned the only retail outlets in their communities. Pharmacist-owners in independent pharmacies located at least 10 miles from the next closest retail pharmacy were interviewed to determine their reliance on prescription sales and to understand their stores' current financial positions.