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Peer Reviewed Publications 2025

• Examining the Burden of Chronic Disease and Low SES to Identify High-Need Rural Counties

 

2024

Peer Reviewed Publications 2024

• Geographic Disparities in Availability of Hospital-Based Cardiac Services Across the United States

• Availability and Quality of Dialysis Care in Rural Versus Urban U.S. Counties

2023

Peer Reviewed Publications 2023

• Geographic Variations in Driving Time to U.S. Mental Health Care, Digital Access to Technology, & Household Crowdedness

• The COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Independent and Provider-Based Rural Health Clinics' Operations and Cancer Prevention and Screening Provision in the United States

2022

Peer Reviewed Publications 2022

• Rural-Urban Disparities in Quality of Inpatient Psychiatric Care

• Availability of Hospital-Based Cancer Services Before and After Rural Hospital Closure, 2008-2017

• Examining the Association Between Rurality and Positive Childhood Experiences Among a National Sample

• Changes in Access to Community Health Services Among Rural Areas Affected and Unaffected by Hospital Closures Between 2006 and 2018: A Comparative Interrupted Time Series Study

2021

Peer Reviewed Publications 2021

• Trends in Cancer Treatment Service Availability Across Critical Access Hospitals and Prospective Payment System Hospitals

• Estimates of Childhood Overweight and Obesity at the Region, State, and County Levels: A Multilevel Small Area Estimation Approach

• Trends in Spatial Access to Colonoscopy in South Carolina, 2000-2014

• Disparities in Meeting USPSTF Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Among Women in the United States

2020

Peer Reviewed Publications 2020

• Spatial Access to Vaccines for Children Providers in South Carolina: Implications for HPV Vaccination

• Cervical Cancer Treatment Initiation and Survival: The Role of Residential Proximity to Cancer Care

• A National Survey of RN-to-BSN Programs: Are They Reaching Rural Students?

• Development of a National Childhood Obesogenic Environment Index in the United States: Differences by Region and Rurality

• Expanding Access to HPV Vaccination in South Carolina Through Community Pharmacies: A Geospatial Analysis

• Factors Associated With Perceived Job Preparedness Among RNs: Results From a National Survey

• Rural-Urban Differences in Educational Attainment Among Registered Nurses: Implications for Achieving an 80% BSN Workforce

• A Bivariate Mapping Tutorial for Cancer Control Resource Allocation Decisions and Interventions

• Spatial Clustering Patterns and Regional Variations for Food and Physical Activity Environments Across the United States

2019

Peer Reviewed Publications 2019

• Rural-Urban Differences in Financial Burden Among Cancer Survivors: An Analysis of a Nationally Representative Survey

• Financial Hardship Among Rural Cancer Survivors: An Analysis of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

• Geographic Disparities in Residential Proximity to Colorectal and Cervical Cancer Care Providers

• Multilevel Analysis in Rural Cancer Control: A Conceptual Framework and Methodological Implications

• Challenges of Using Nationally Representative, Population-Based Surveys to Assess Rural Cancer Disparities

2018

Peer Reviewed Publications 2018

• Differences in Medicare Utilization and Expenditures in the Last Six Months of Life Among Patients With and Without Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders

• The Importance of Rural Hospitals: Transfers and 30-day Readmissions Among Rural Residents and Patients Presenting at Rural Hospitals

2017

Peer Reviewed Publications 2017

• Supply-Side Differences Only Modestly Associated With Inpatient Hospitalizations Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the Last Six Months of Life

• Who Performs Colonoscopy? Workforce Trends Over Space and Time

2016

Peer Reviewed Publications 2016

• Health-Related Quality of Life Among Adults 65 Years and Older in the United States, 2011-2012: A Multilevel Small Area Estimation Approach

• Current State of Child Health in Rural America: How Context Shapes Children's Health

• Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Condition Hospitalizations Among Medicare Beneficiaries

• Geographic Disparities in Mortality Among the End Stage Renal Disease Patients: An Analysis of the United States Renal Data System, 2007-08.

• Disparities in Home Health Service Providers Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Stroke

2015

Peer Reviewed Publications 2015

• Obesity and Obesity-Related Behaviors Among Rural and Urban Adults in the United States

• Rural Area Deprivation and Hospitalizations Among Children for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions

• Thirty-Day Readmission Rates Among Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries

2013

Peer Reviewed Publications 2013

• Rural Population Estimates: An Analysis of a Large Secondary Data Set

2012

Peer Reviewed Publications 2012

• Lower Rehospitalization Rates Among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries With Diabetes

2006

Peer Reviewed Publications 2006

• Rural-Urban Differences in Depression Prevalence: Implications for Family Medicine

• Expected Annual Emergency Miles per Ambulance: An Indicator for Measuring Availability of Emergency Medical Services Resources

2005

Peer Reviewed Publications 2005

• Barriers Associated With the Delivery of Medicare Reimbursed Diabetes Self-Management Education

• More May Be Better: Evidence of a Negative Relationship Between Physician Supply and Hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions

• Recruitment and Retention of EMTs: A Qualitative Study