Jennifer King

Phone: 919.966.9985
Email: jking@schsr.unc.edu

Completed Projects - (1)

Move Toward Clinical Doctorates in the Allied Health Professions: Implications for Rural Areas
Allied health occupations play a major role in health care delivery and comprise a significant proportion of the health care workforce in the United States. Researchers have found empirical evidence of allied health shortages in many states. Given the longstanding history of health professional shortages facing rural areas, there are concerns that the existing and impending shortages in allied health professions may be particularly acute in rural areas. This study will synthesize information on allied health professions, such as credentialing requirements and wage comparisons, with telephone and in-person interviews of rural health care employers, educators, and practitioners in order to assess the degree of alignment between community needs for allied health care services and existing and proposed certification and educational training for these health care providers.
Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Topics: Allied health professionals, Workforce

Recent Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in Rural and Urban Areas
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Date: 05/2011
This findings brief compares changes in health insurance coverage for non-elderly Americans in rural areas to changes in urban areas during the recent economic recession.

Characteristics of Rural & Urban Children Who Qualify for Medicaid or CHIP but Are Not Enrolled
Policy Brief
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Date: 07/2009
About three-quarters of children who qualify for Medicaid or CHIP are enrolled, with slightly higher rates in rural areas than in urban areas. This leaves one in four qualified children without insurance coverage.
Medicaid & CHIP Participation Among Rural & Urban Children
Policy Brief
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Date: 07/2009
This policy brief describes the characteristics of rural and urban children who qualify for Medicaid or CHIP but are uninsured.