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J Health Polit Policy Law (1980) 5 (1): 142–151.
Published: 01 February 1980
...Virginia C. Kennedy The published literature suggests that two factors affect where people seek medical care: the characteristics of the population and the organization of the health care delivery system. In this study, survey data from a rural west Texas population were used to evaluate...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2000) 25 (6): 1176–1177.
Published: 01 December 2000
...Michael R. Greenberg Thomas C. Ricketts III, ed. Rural Health in the United States . New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 198 pp. $39.95 paper. 2000 by Duke University Press 2000 1176 Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Thomas C. Ricketts III, ed. Rural Health...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2008) 33 (3): 525–558.
Published: 01 June 2008
...Sy Adler; Noelle Dobson; Karen Perl Fox; Lynn Weigand This case study is about the politics of incorporating active-living elements into a concept plan for a new community of about 68,000 people on the edge of the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area. Development on the rural-urban fringe is ongoing...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1998) 23 (6): 949–973.
Published: 01 December 1998
...Erwin A. Blackstone; Joseph P. Fuhr, Jr. This article examines the antitrust issues in rural hospital mergers by focusing on an important antitrust case involving the merger of two small hospitals in Ukiah, California. A key issue in this matter was whether the geographic market served...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2006) 31 (1): 71–92.
Published: 01 February 2006
...Yuanli Liu; Keqin Rao The focus of this case study is utilizing research to influence policy in a large developing country. Our experiences involve the lack of health insurance for China's rural populations and how our research helped shape China's recent policy attention and efforts on this issue...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1995) 20 (4): 1081–1084.
Published: 01 August 1995
...Keith J. Mueller Joyce E. Beaulieu and David E. Berry, eds. Rural Health Services: A Management Perspective . Ann Arbor, MI: AUPHA Press, 1994. 297 pages. Copyright © 1995 by Duke University Press 1995 References Gesler , W. M. , and T. C. Ricketts. 1992 . Health in Rural North...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1989) 14 (2): 433–435.
Published: 01 April 1989
...Janet D. Perloff LaVonne Straub and Norman Walzer, Financing Rural Health Care (New York: Praeger, 1988), 256 pp., $42.95. Copyright © 1989 by Duke University Press 1989 Book Reviews 433
to each section, the editors do point out...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2015) 40 (1): 101–164.
Published: 01 February 2015
... to grievance[s] so far as cleanliness or sanitation is concerned. Doctors can only give the medications, but they cannot improve the living conditions. General living conditions must be improved. All the other things are secondary to a healthy atmosphere. … We are rural people without proper infrastructure...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2020) 45 (6): 1107–1136.
Published: 01 December 2020
... plans, and (3) unrestricted open-network plans. The authors repeat the analysis for higher-quality providers. Findings: The authors find that in all areas, but especially in rural areas, Covered California plan subscribers must travel longer than subscribers in the comparable commercial plan...
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in Going the Extra Mile? How Provider Network Design Increases Consumer Travel Distance, Particularly for Rural Consumers
> Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Published: 01 December 2020
Figure 1C Distance to closest cardiac surgeon by deciles for micropolitan and rural areas.
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in Going the Extra Mile? How Provider Network Design Increases Consumer Travel Distance, Particularly for Rural Consumers
> Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Published: 01 December 2020
Figure 2C Distance to closest pediatrician by deciles for micropolitan and rural areas.
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1997) 22 (1): 23–47.
Published: 01 February 1997
...Michelle M. Casey; Anthony Wellever; Ira Moscovice Rural health networks are a potential way for rural health care systems to improve access to care, reduce costs, and enhance quality of care. Networks provide a means for rural providers to contract with managed care organizations, develop...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1991) 16 (1): 119–120.
Published: 01 February 1991
...Sara Rosenbaum Commentary
Why Women Bypass Rural Hospitals
Sara Rosenbaum
Children's Defense Fund
In their article "Bypassing Rural Hospitals," published in this issue, Janet
Bronstein and Michael Morrisey show that, regardless of race or income level,
rural...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1991) 16 (1): 87–118.
Published: 01 February 1991
...Janet M. Bronstein; Michael A. Morrisey We use data from 1983 and 1988 on hospital use in Alabama to examine the decisions of rural pregnant women to bypass the nearest rural hospital providing obstetric services and seek care elsewhere. The proportion of women who made the decision to bypass...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2010) 35 (1): 95–126.
Published: 01 February 2010
...Michael D. Rosko; Ryan L. Mutter The Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) contains incentives for hospitals to improve efficiency by placing them at financial risk to earn a positive margin on services rendered to Medicare patients. Concerns about the financial viability of small rural...
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Civil Commitment as a “Street-Level” Bureaucracy: Case-Load, Professionalization, and Administration
J Health Polit Policy Law (1981) 6 (2): 285–302.
Published: 01 April 1981
... decisions to the treatment facility and board psychiatrist. Rural, low case-load, less professionally-specialized boards also modified the statutory procedures, but conducted the commitment process in a far more ambiguous, open-ended, and tense system with substantial face-to-face client contact. Both urban...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2015) 40 (1): 73–99.
Published: 01 February 2015
... nations implement obesity legislation were not supported with cross-national statistical evidence. I then turned to the case of Brazil's response to obesity at three levels of government, national, urban, and rural, to propose alternative hypotheses for why nations pursue obesity policy. The case...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1997) 22 (5): 1133–1189.
Published: 01 October 1997
... contracting environments to HMO penetration rates, rural population, physician density, and other variables. States with weak laws also have higher HMO penetration and higher physician density, but smaller rural populations. We conclude that the strongest laws overly restrict the management of care...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (1981) 6 (3): 444–462.
Published: 01 June 1981
...Sara Wriston This article addresses problems related to nurse practitioner reimbursement and the Rural Health Clinic Services Act of 1977. An overview of payor policies prior to the passage of P.L. 95-210 is presented, followed by a discussion of some of the difficulties in implementing the statute...
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J Health Polit Policy Law (2005) 30 (6): 1003–1026.
Published: 01 December 2005
... that was dominated by government bureaucrats. The three reforms also showed important differences in the role of interest groups. Strong support by the rural population and labor unions contributed to the financing reform. In the pharmaceutical reform, which was a big threat to physician income, the president...
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