Rural Health Information Hub

JANUARY 2, 2025

Notes that underfunding of the Indian Health Service, historic discrimination, and rural-specific challenges lead to health disparities for South Dakota tribes. Highlights challenges in healthcare access for American Indian and Alaska Natives in South Dakota.

Health Disparities 45

Health Disparities 45

HEALTHBEAT

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

But those jobs, and the safety net they provide for the people in the communities served, are vulnerable as the money dries up, worrying public health leaders – particularly in sparsely populated, rural areas, which already faced long-standing health disparities and meager resources.

Ageing and Health 53

Ageing and Health Public Health Agencies Health Disparities Rural Health 53

The Health Care Blog

AUGUST 19, 2022

Our rural health care system has suffered badly during the COVID-19 pandemic. It entered the pandemic with severe structural weaknesses, including magnified health disparities and inequities, lower rates of vaccination in the general population, and high risk of rural hospital closures. Eric Larsen. Tommy Ibrahim.

Telemedicine and Digital Health 84

Telemedicine and Digital Health Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Telemedicine and Virtual Healthcare Rural Health 84

Association of Health Care Journalists

MARCH 11, 2025

While telehealth is expanding access to substance use disorder treatment in rural areas, a new study suggests that it’s failing to adequately serve Medicaid beneficiaries, as they are less likely than the privately insured to access substance use disorder treatment.

Substance Use Disorders 92

Substance Use Disorders Ethnicity and Health Health Disparities Rural Health 92

KFF Health News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Recent efforts to address health disparities have run headlong into racist policies still entrenched in health systems. health care system and structural barriers have led to persistent health inequities that cost more than a million lives and billions of dollars, according to the national academies report.

Obesity and Chronic Disease Prevention 143

Obesity and Chronic Disease Prevention Socioeconomic Status and Health Academic and Research Institutions Ageing and Health 143

NC Health News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Beneficiaries get deliveries of food, rides to doctors appointments and other services that are designed to combat the various social, economic and geographic issues that contribute to health disparities. Only 33 of the states 100 counties are included in the pilot, but more communities could be covered if lawmakers vote to expand it.

Social Determinants of Health 112

Social Determinants of Health Health Disparities Health Services Research Rural Health 112