Thomas C. Ricketts, PhD
- Completed Projects - (5)
- Publications - (5)
Completed Projects - (5)
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Analysis of Options for Criteria to Determine Underservice
Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Topic: Workforce
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Arguing for Rural Health: Justice and Fairness in Advocating for Rural Health Policy
Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Topic: Legislation and regulation
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Describing Geographic Access to Physicians in Rural America Using Statistical Applications in GIS
This study will use a geographically weighted regression to assess the influence of distance and travel time on the distribution of physicians in rural America. The ultimate goal of the study will be to improve our measures of access by identifying the extent to which border resources can be considered in indices of access.
Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Topics: Health services, Physicians
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Information Technology Engineering Support for Health Resources and Services Administration Data Systems/Geospatial Data Warehouse, GIS Technologies, GEMS Support and General Office of Information Technology Systems Support
Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Topic: Workforce
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Rural Informal Safety Net: The Development of a Research and Evaluation Design and a Preliminary Assessment
Research center: North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Topics: Health services, Uninsured and underinsured
Publications - (5)
2007
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Urban-Rural Flows of Physicians
Journal Article
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Date: 2007
Reports findings from a study to determine whether there was a significant flow of physicians from urban to rural areas in recent years when the overall supply of physicians has been considered in balance with needs.
2004
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An Analysis of Medicare's Incentive Payment Program for Physicians in Health Professional Shortage Areas
Journal Article
WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Date: 03/2004
The Medicare Incentive Payment program provides a 10 percent bonus payment to physicians who treat patients in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). Results show that physicians eligible for the bonus payments often did not claim them, and physicians who likely did not work in approved HPSA sites, claimed the bonus payments and received them.
2002
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Arguing for Rural Health in Medicare: A Progressive Rhetoric for Rural America
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Date: 09/2002
This paper examines how rural health policy is treated in the broader field of public policy, discusses the role of advocacy in developing rural health policy, and suggests ways to make advocacy more effective.
2001
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Fewer Hospitals Close in the 1990s: Rural Hospitals Mirror This Trend
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Date: 10/2001
This findings brief summarizes a study of the number and rate of hospital closures in rural areas during the 1990s. It includes graphs and a map.
2000
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Race and Place: Urban-Rural Differences in Health for Racial and Ethnic Minorities
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Date: 03/2000
This findings brief investigates urban-rural disparities for racial and ethnic minorities in six health areas: infant mortality, cancer screening and management, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV infection, and child and adult immunizations.