Publications

Policy Briefs

2023

September 2023: Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program in Rural America (MIECHV) (PDF - 389 KB)

March 2023: Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) (PDF - 337 KB)

January 2023: Child Care Need and Availability in Rural Areas (PDF - 414 KB)

2022

November 2022: Access to Emergency Medical Services (PDF - 1 MB)

June 2022: Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration in Rural Health Facilities (PDF - 533 KB)

2021

October 2021: Rural Emergency Hospital (PDF - 390 KB)

2020

March 2020: Maternal and Obstetric Care Challenges in Rural America (PDF - 539 KB)

March 2020: Rural HIV Prevention and Treatment Challenges (PDF - 654 KB)

2019

August 2019: Supportive Services and Caregiving for Older Rural Adults (PDF - 806 KB)

August 2019: Examining Rural Cancer Prevention and Control Efforts (PDF - 497 KB)

2018

December 2018: Addressing the Burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (PDF - 531 KB)

December 2018: Improving Oral Health Care Services in Rural America (PDF - 793 KB)

August 2018: Exploring the Rural Context for Adverse Childhood Experiences (PDF - 632 KB)

August 2018: Rural Health Insurance Market Challenges (PDF - 395 KB)

2017

December 2017: Modernizing Rural Health Clinic Provisions (PDF - 444 KB)

December 2017: Understanding the Impact of Suicide in Rural America (PDF - 909 KB)

January 2017: Social Determinants of Health (PDF - 382 KB)

2016

July 2016: Alternative Models to Preserving Access to Emergency Care (PDF - 522 KB)

July 2016: Families in Crisis: The Human Service Implications of Rural Opioid Misuse (PDF - 947 KB)

2015

December 2015: Child Poverty in Rural America (PDF - 486 KB)

December 2015: Delivery System Reform and Implications for Rural Communities (PDF - 246 KB)

December 2015: Mortality and Life Expectancy in Rural America (PDF - 379 KB)

March 2015: Telehealth in Rural America (PDF - 191 KB)

March 2015: Intimate Partner Violence in Rural America (PDF - 244 KB)

2014

July 2014: Homelessness in Rural America (PDF - 301 KB)

July 2014: Affordable Care Act Plans and Premiums in Rural America (PDF - 411 KB)

January 2014: Rural Implications of the Affordable Care Act Outreach, Education, and Enrollment (PDF - 104 KB)

January 2014: The Intersection of Rural Poverty and Federal Human Services Programs (PDF - 180 KB)

2013

August 2013: Rural Implications of Changes to the Medicare Hospice Benefit (PDF - 106 KB)

2012

December 2012: Challenges to Head Start and Early Childhood Development Programs in Rural Communities (PDF - 71 KB)

December 2012: Implications of Proposed Changes to Rural Hospital Payment Designations (PDF - 129 KB)

December 2012: The Need to Integrate Work Programs for Low-Income Rural Residents (PDF - 101 KB)

December 2012: Options for Rural Health Care System Reform and Redesign (PDF - 108 KB)

June 2012: Rural Implications of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (PDF - 59 KB)

2011

December 2011: Reducing Health Disparities in Rural America: Key Provisions in the Affordable Care Act (PDF - 71 KB)

December 2011: Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier Program (PDF - 63 KB)

December 2011: Affordable Care Act Provisions Affecting the Rural Elderly (PDF - 93 KB)

September 2011: The Rural Implications of Key Primary Care Provisions In the Affordable Care Act White Paper (PDF - 103 KB)

September 2011: Rural Policy Implications for Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visitation Program (PDF - 44 KB)

September 2011: Value-Based Purchasing Demonstrations for Critical Access and Small PPS Hospitals (PDF - 58 KB)

March 2011: Rural Challenges for HHS in Implementing the Community-Based Care Transitions Program (PDF - 93 KB)

March 2011: Rural Policy Implications for Health Insurance Exchanges (PDF - 78 KB)

Resource Papers and Other Publications

February 2011: Opportunities for Rural Participation in Community Based Care Transitions (PDF - 82 KB)

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