Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN
- Publications - (12)
Publications - (12)
2007
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The Impact of Health Insurance Coverage on Native Elder Health: Implications for Addressing the Health Care Needs of Rural Native American Elders
Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 10/2007
This study examines health insurance coverage and access to healthcare among American Indian and Alaska Native elders, defined as 55 years or older. The authors conclude it is essential to develop policies that address the financial, geographical, and cultural aspects that negatively impact access to culturally appropriate healthcare. -
Implementing Patient Safety Initiatives in Rural Hospitals: An Evaluation of the Tennessee Rural Hospital Patient Safety Demonstration
Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 08/2007
The Tennessee Rural Hospital Patient Safety Demonstration project included the implementation of three patient-safety initiatives in eight rural Tennessee hospitals using a collaborative model and an evaluation of the process and tools used in the implementation to inform future rural patient safety initiatives. -
North Dakota Health Care Workforce: Planning Together to Meet Future Health Care Needs
Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 01/2007
This policy brief details strategies for addressing health workforce needs in North Dakota. It includes examples of state health workforce pipeline strategies used in other states.
2006
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Prioritizing Patient Safety Interventions in Small Rural Hospitals
Journal Article
Maine Rural Health Research Center, Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 12/2006
Determines if 26 patient safety practices recommended by an expert panel as relevant to rural hospitals would be validated in terms of rural relevance and implementability by administrators and quality managers. This research was supported by funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Office of Rural Health Policy. -
A Rural Healthcare Quality Agenda
Journal Article
Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 09/2006
An editorial that highlights aspects of the Institute of Medicines' report "Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health," known as the "rural report." The editorial serves as an introduction to the journal's special issue on healthcare quality in rural health.
2005
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Understanding the Impacts of the Medicare Modernization Act: Concerns of Congressional Staff
Journal Article
Maine Rural Health Research Center, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis, Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2005
The most efficient mechanism for research to affect policy is to provide policy makers with information on issues about which they have voiced concern. The Rural Policy Research Institute's Health Panel conducted 2 focus groups with 16 congressional staff in 2004 to identify a set of researchable questions concerning rural healthcare.
2003
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An Assessment of Proposals for a Medicare Outpatient Prescription Drug Benefit: The Rural Perspective
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 01/2003
This policy paper assesses legislative proposals to add an outpatient prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program and their implications for the delivery of services and the welfare of beneficiaries in rural areas.
2001
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Redesigning Medicare: Considerations for Rural Beneficiaries and Health Systems
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 02/2001
This book provides a framework to help shape proposals to redesign Medicare to the benefit of rural beneficiaries and providers. Chapters focus on quality, choice, access, and cost.
2000
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Designing a Prescription Drug Benefit for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: Principles, Criteria, and Assessment
Maine Rural Health Research Center, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 08/2000
This paper offers a rural perspective on the debate about the design/implementation of a Medicare prescription drug benefit. Background information on rural Medicare beneficiaries' need for, and access to, prescription drugs is provided, along with a set of rural-oriented principles for use in evaluating how various proposals may meet rural needs. -
Redesigning the Medicare Program: An Opportunity to Improve Rural Health Care Systems?
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 08/2000
With this paper, the RUPRI Rural Health Panel is presenting a well-defined framework for what should be included in any discussion of Medicare policies. -
Improving Prescription Drug Coverage for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: Key Rural Considerations and Objectives for Legislative Proposals
Maine Rural Health Research Center, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 06/2000
This policy paper combines the work from current projects of the Maine Rural Health Research Center and the Rural Health Panel of the Rural Policy Research Institute to provide a statement of specific rural considerations and objectives for any proposal that would add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program. -
A Rural Assessment of Leading Proposals to Redesign the Medicare Program
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Date: 05/2000
This paper provides a critique of two proposals to redesign the Medicare program: the "Medicare Preservation and Improvement Act of 1999" and "The President's Plan to Modernize and Strengthen Medicare for the 21st Century." Rural implications of the proposals are discussed.