Samuel Towne, Jr, PhD, MPH, CPH

2019

• Congestive Heart Failure-Related Hospital Deaths Across the Urban-Rural Continuum in the United States
  Journal Article
  Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Date: 12/2019
  This study examines congestive heart failure (CHF)-related, in-hospital mortality across six levels of rurality and four census regions. Results indicated CHF-related hospital admissions in small metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore areas, compared to large central metropolitan areas, were more likely to result in death.
• The Changing Landscape of Diabetes Mortality in the United States Across Region and Rurality, 1999-2016
  Journal Article
  Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Date: 02/2019
  This brief report examines place-based differences in diabetes mortality to understand whether disparities in diabetes mortality have changed across U.S. Census regions and levels of rurality over time. Reductions in diabetes mortality are lagging in rural areas, and the rural South in particular, relative to other areas of the country.
• Diabetes-Related Hospital Mortality in the U.S.: A Pooled Cross-Sectional Study of the National Inpatient Sample
  Journal Article
  Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Date: 02/2019
  This study examined place-based and individual-level variations in diabetes-related hospital deaths using the 2009-2015 National Inpatient Sample. Results show that place-based disparities exist. Targeted focus should be placed on the control of diabetic complications in the South, West, and Midwest census regions and among rural residents.