Rural Health Insights for Each State & Congressional District
Understand the Landscape of Rural Health in the United States for Every State and Congressional District
Stroudwater Associates, in partnership with the National Rural Healthcare Association (NRHA) and the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH), has developed an integrated data visualization dashboard of healthcare infrastructure, workforce, outcomes, and status metrics. These tools will help policymakers, state and community leaders, rural health advocates, provider organizations and researchers understand the impact and status of rural health within each state and congressional district.
Infrastructure
- Ambulatory Surgical Center
- Critical Access Hospital
- Federally Qualified Health Center
- Home Health Agency
- Psychiatric Hospital
- Rural Emergency Hospital
- Rural Health Clinic
- Short Term Acute Hospital
- Skilled Nursing Facility
Utiliziation
- Beds
- Days
- Discharges
- Visits
Workforce
- Behavioral Health
- Family Medicine
- General Practice
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Specialties
- Nurse Practitioner
- Nursing
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Oral Health
- Pediatrics
- Physician Assistant
- Surgical Specialties
Shortage Areas
- Primary Care
- Dental Health
- Mental Health
Prevention
- Annual Checkup
- Cholesterol Screening
- Colorectal Cancer Screening
- Dental Visit
- Health Insurance
- High Blood Pressure Medication
- Mammography
Health Outcomes
- All Teeth Lost
- Cancer (non-skin) or Melanoma
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Drug Overdose
- Deaths
- High Blood Pressure
- Infant Mortality
- Life Expectancy
- Obesity
- Suicides
Health Factors
- Aging Population
- Any Disability
- Broadband Internet
- Cognitive Disability Education
- Hearing Disability
- Independent Living Disability
- Minority Status
- Mobility Disability
- Poverty
- Self-Care Disability
- Single Parents
- Unemployment
- Vision Disability
Data Sources Utilized:
State offices of rural health
Hospital leadership
The dashboard also supports productive discussions with key stakeholders, including board members, staff, and community partners, by providing clear and concise visual representations of critical metrics. These insights can help frame conversations about organizational goals, challenges, and opportunities, fostering alignment and collaboration.
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National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
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Understand the Landscape of Rural Health in the United States for Every State and Congressional District
Stroudwater Associates, in partnership with the National Rural Healthcare Association (NRHA) and the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH), has developed an integrated data visualization dashboard of healthcare infrastructure, workforce, outcomes, and status metrics. These tools will help policymakers, state and community leaders, rural health advocates, provider organizations and researchers understand the impact and status of rural health within each state and congressional district.
This Tool Allows Users to Sort Data by:
- Hospital beds
- Hospital discharges
- Hospital labor & delivery days
- Total hospital nursery days
- Hospital swing bed days
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) visits
- Rural Health Clinic (RHC) visits
- Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) total days
- Behavioral Health
- Oral Health
- Family Medicine
- General Practice
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Specialties
- Nurse Practitioner
- Nursing
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Pediatrics
- Physician Assistant
- Surgical Specialty
- All teeth lost
- Cancer
- Coronary heart disease
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Drug overdose deaths
- High blood pressure
- Infant mortality
- Life expectancy
- Obesity
- Suicides
- Aging population
- Broadband internet
- Education
- Minority status
- Poverty
- Single parents
- Unemployment
Data Sources Utilized:
- HRSA Data Explorer
- Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS)
- CDC Places - County Level Estimates
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation County Health Rankings, 2023 Release
- United States Census
- National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) downloadable file
- Stroudwater Associates analysis
Rural designations for locations, zip codes, and counties are based on the HRSA methodology.
National Rural Health Association
The National Rural Health Association is a national nonprofit membership organization that brings together thousands of members across the United States. The association’s mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues through advocacy, communications, education and research.
National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health was established to assist State Offices of Rural Health in their efforts to improve access to, and the quality of, health care for nearly 61 million rural Americans.
Stroudwater Associates
At Stroudwater, we have an all-encompassing devotion to rural & community healthcare nationwide. We believe in the power of rural & community healthcare and are deeply committed to keeping care local.