WWAMI RHRC

Quality of Skilled Nursing Facilities Serving Rural Medicare Beneficiaries

Over one-third of all home health agencies and about half of skilled nursing facilities are either rural-located or urban-located with patient populations consisting of 10% or more rural Medicare beneficiaries. This study used Medicare star ratings to examine quality of home health agencies and skilled nursing facilities by rural-serving status.

The Association of Rurality and Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis: A National Study

More rural patients were initially diagnosed with breast cancer at a late stage compared to urban patients. Black non-Hispanic patients were 27% more likely and uninsured patients were over two times more likely to receive a late-stage diagnosis than non-Black patients and insured patients.

Geographic Access to Health Care for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: An Update and National Look

Rural Medicare beneficiaries travel farther to receive care and spend more time traveling than urban beneficiaries to access treatment. This study describes who cares for rural patients, distance to care, and how much care is received.

About Us

The WWAMI Rural Health Research Center (RHRC) is one of seven rural health research centers funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to perform policy-oriented research on issues related to rural health care.

Rural versus urban family medicine residency scope of training and practice Read more
Academic achievement and competency in rural and urban family medicine residents Read more
Is Being There Enough? Postgraduate Nurse Practitioner Residencies in Rural Primary Care Read more

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Featured Presentations

Quality of post-acute care for rural Medicare beneficiaries: Comparing urban and rural skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies Read more
Post-acute care for rural Medicare beneficiaries Read more
Tracking trends in the workforce treating opioid use disorders with buprenorphine Read more

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News

The Association of Rurality and Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis

A new study by the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, led by David Evans, MD, [...]

20
Oct

Geographic Access to Health Care for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: An Update and National Look

Rural residents travel farther for care and often have more problems accessing care, including medical [...]

11
Sep

Allison Cole Awarded $2.9 Million NIH Grant

The WWAMI RHRC congratulates our colleague, Allison Cole, MD, MPH, and her team for their [...]

15
Apr

Increase in Waivered Clinicians Has Not Eliminated Rural/Urban Opioid Treatment Disparities

A new WWAMI RHRC study finds that the number of DEA-waivered clinicians more than doubled [...]

31
Mar

WWAMI RHRC Policy Brief Reports Shrinking Supply of General Surgeons in Rural America

The Distribution of the General Surgery Workforce in Rural and Urban America in 2019 We [...]

13
Mar

Articles Published on Health Equity in Primary Care Health Professional Education

RHRC investigators Andrilla, Evans, and Patterson published multiple articles in a special issue of the [...]

23
Dec

Study to Look at PNWU Grads and Clinical Practice Choices

The WWAMI Rural Health Research Center was recently awarded [...]

25
Nov

Celebrating National Rural Health Day 2020

On National Rural Health Day, the WWAMI RHRC celebrates the #PowerofRural and the work of [...]

19
Nov

Quality of Skilled Nursing Facilities Serving Rural Medicare Beneficiaries

Emergency Medical Services Personnel: Comparing Rural and Urban Provider Experience and Provision of Evidence-based Care

The Association of Rurality and Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis: A National Study

Geographic Access to Health Care for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: An Update and National Look

About Us

Featured Research

Featured Presentations

News

The Association of Rurality and Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis

Geographic Access to Health Care for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries: An Update and National Look

Allison Cole Awarded $2.9 Million NIH Grant

Increase in Waivered Clinicians Has Not Eliminated Rural/Urban Opioid Treatment Disparities

WWAMI RHRC Policy Brief Reports Shrinking Supply of General Surgeons in Rural America

Articles Published on Health Equity in Primary Care Health Professional Education

Study to Look at PNWU Grads and Clinical Practice Choices

Celebrating National Rural Health Day 2020

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