Journal of Rural Health

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Urban–rural differences in cancer mortality: Operationalizing rurality	38
Racial and gender differences in relapse potential and treatment acceptance among rural residents in a substance use disorder treatment program	34
Trends in and factors associated with family physician‐performed screening colonoscopies in the United States: 2016‐2021	33
Ambulatory care utilization in the first 24 months’ postpartum by rurality and pregnancy‐related conditions: A prospective cohort study from Maine	32
Medicare Advantage and rural hospital profitability	31
Hearing aid acquisition patterns among US Veterans who use VA health care	28
Well‐being interventions for rural health professionals: A scoping review	24
Anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, and professional quality of life among the hospital workforce during a global health pandemic	23
Association between the geographic accessibility of PrEP and PrEP use among MSM in nonurban areas	21
Missed opportunities for human papillomavirus vaccination using Iowa's Immunization Registry Information System	20
How rural is All of Us? Comparing characteristics of rural participants in the National Institute of Health's All of Us Research Program to other national data sources	18
Financial resilience of rural hospitals: Prepandemic vulnerabilities and Provider Relief Funds’ role during COVID‐19	18
Cross‐sectional survey study of primary care clinics on evidence‐based colorectal cancer screening intervention use	18
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Rural disparities in the quality of clinical care are notable and larger for males	17
I offer “Ambulatory Surgical Center‐as‐Collaborator” to expand availability of colonoscopy with family physicians	16
Understanding the relationship between social capital, health, and well‐being in a southern rural population	15
Sleep well and live well: Impact of sleep hygiene intervention on sleep duration in a rural community: A randomized controlled trial (THE SWELL STUDY)	15
Adult perceptions of mental health access barriers facing youth in rural Washington State: A group concept mapping study	15
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on rural and urban cancer patients' experiences, health behaviors, and perceptions	14
Stress and suicidal ideation among first‐generation farmers: A cross‐sectional study with 1,288 farmers in Georgia	14
Cross‐sectional population‐based estimates of a rural‐urban disparity in prevalence of long COVID among Michigan adults with polymerase chain reaction‐confirmed COVID‐19, 2020‐2022	13
Transactional sex among rural, justice‐involved Appalachian women who use drugs	13
Rural and urban differences in treatment on demand for substance use treatment involving medications for opioid use disorder	13

The US dementia belt: Commentary on “Alzheimer's disease and related dementia among Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥ 65 years in rural America, by census region and select demographic characteristics: 20	13
Retaining CRNAs who provide obstetrics services in rural communities: Results from a national survey	13
Video versus audio telehealth in safety net clinic patients: Changes by rurality and time	13
Social determinants of contraception use among rural adolescents: Implications for addressing disparities	13
SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and long COVID among California farmworkers	13
What happens to rural hospitals during a ransomware attack? Evidence from Medicare data	12
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Broadband internet subscription rates and opioid prescribing via telemedicine during the COVID‐19 pandemic	12
Community Health Worker‐delivered tobacco cessation in a small rural county	12
The urban–rural gap in older Americans’ healthy life expectancy	12
High‐risk surgery among Medicare beneficiaries living in health professional shortage areas	12
“I don't think that a medication is going to help someone long‐term stay off opioids”: Treatment and recovery beliefs of rural Vermont family members of people with opioid use disorder	11
Association of rurality and health professional shortages with the clinicopathologic characteristics of melanoma in North Carolina	11
Medicaid expansion and access to naloxone in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas	11
Colorectal cancer screening barriers, facilitators, and promotion recommendations by Alaska Native people who are non‐adherent to colorectal cancer screening	11
Obstetric care in rural critical access hospitals: A domestic application of the World Health Organization Emergency Obstetric Care framework in rural communities	11
A comparison of critical access hospitals and other rural acute care hospitals in Pennsylvania	11
Travel burden and bypassing closest site for surgical cancer treatment for urban and rural oncology patients	10
Rural and urban differences in disparities in substance use and substance use disorders affecting sexual minority populations	10
Qualitative analysis of cancer care experiences among rural cancer survivors and caregivers	10
Examining geographic disparities in access to no‐cost naloxone in North Carolina: A cross‐sectional survey of naloxone distribution programs	10
Rural reinvestment: A path forward to addressing geographic health inequities	10
Potential directions for farm stress research: A systematic review of educational interventions to reduce psychosocial stress among farm and rural populations	10
Clinic‐level differences in human papillomavirus vaccination rates among rural and urban Oregon primary care clinics	10
A comparison of traumatic injury characteristics in rural and urban adults living in Wisconsin	10
Rural differences in psychiatric medication prescribing in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder	9
The interplay of financial toxicity, health care team communication, and psychosocial well‐being among rural cancer patients and survivors	9
Cognitive impairment and limited health literacy are associated with poor health outcomes among patients with heart failure residing in rural areas	9
Closure of Labor & Delivery units in rural counties is associated with reduced adequacy of prenatal care, even when prenatal care remains available	9
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Rural–urban disparities in health care delivery for children with medical complexity and moderating effects of payer, disability, and community poverty	9
Measuring disparities to emergency medicine with 200 million voter records: The case of rural hospital closures	9
The Women Farmer Stress Inventory: Examining women farmer stress in the United States Corn Belt	9
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Rural‐urban differences in distress, quality of life, and social support among Canadian young adult cancer survivors: A Young Adults with Cancer in Their Prime (YACPRIME) study	9
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Communities with an anchor institution have higher coronavirus vaccination rates	8
Rural‐urban disparities in human papillomavirus vaccination: Findings from a cross‐sectional survey of 13 southern US states, December 2019‐January 2020	8
From believers to skeptics: Latent class analysis of COVID‐19 protective practices and perceptions among agricultural community members	8
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An analysis of syringe service programs across the rural‐urban continuum in the United States	8
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Clinical outcomes and profitability following rural hospital mergers and acquisitions	8
Community responses and adaptations following the closure of a rural pharmacy and primary care facility	8
The struggles that are faced with a rural cancer diagnosis: My personal story	7
Investigation of rural–urban differences in hospitalization for ambulatory care‐sensitive conditions: Analysis of linked survey, hospitalization, and tax data from Canada	7
What drives advanced practice nurses to stay in rural America? Insights from the 2022 National Survey of Registered Nurses	7
Health care access barriers among metropolitan and nonmetropolitan populations of eight geographically diverse states, 2018	7
The provision of tele‐behavioral health services by critical access hospitals and short‐term acute care hospitals during the COVID‐19 public health emergency	7
Drive time to care and retention in HIV care: Rural–urban differences among Medicaid enrollees in the United States South	7

Telehealth among substance using justice‐involved persons on community supervision: Benefits, challenges, and suggestions for future use	7
Understanding rural‐urban differences in veterans’ internet access, use and patient preferences for telemedicine	7
The influence of rurality on self‐reported physical therapy utilization among patients with severe chronic back pain in the United States	7
Rural health and rural industries: Opportunities for partnership and action	7
“I'm tired of seeing my friends die”: Barriers and facilitators to participating in clinical trials among rural people who use drugs in the United States	7
Rural‐urban disparities in the prevalence of chronic pain in adults: Associations with demographic and socioeconomic characteristics	7
Broadband access within Medically Underserved Areas and its implication for telehealth utilization	7
Not enough: Medicaid expansion, medical debt, and cost avoidance in rural American Indian and Alaska Native households	6
Bridging the gaps: Rural recovery community centers and their role in addressing substance use disorders	6
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Variations in antibiotic prescribing among children enrolled in North Carolina Medicaid, 2013‐2019	6
Evaluation of the Ask Suicide‐Screening Questions (ASQ) tool, Item 9 of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ), pain, and opioid screening to detect suicide risk among rural adult primary care patient	6
Rural reticence to inform physicians of cannabis use	6
Psychometric properties of the Telepsych User Experience Scale (TUES)	6
Veterans with blood cancers: Clinical trial navigation and the challenge of rurality	6
Integrated care models for co‐occurring alcohol use disorders and alcohol‐associated liver disease in rural communities: Telehealth considerations and opportunities	6
Health care, social support, and pregnancy‐related anxiety in urban and rural and remote Australian women	6
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The COVID‐19 pandemic impact on independent and provider‐based rural health clinics’ operations and cancer prevention and screening provision in the United States	6
Broadband access and telemedicine adoption for opioid use disorder treatment in the United States	5
Rural Health Research in the 21st Century: One Health Considerations	5
Home health utilization in the Veterans Health Administration: Are there rural and urban differences?	5
Hospital closures in rural communities of color: A double dose of inequality	5
Clarifying rural‐urban disparities in alcohol‐related emergency department visits and hospitalizations in Ontario, Canada: A spatial analysis	5
Rural‐urban differences in family and paid caregiving utilization in the United States: Findings from the Cornell National Social Survey	5
Revisiting the effects of state anesthesia policy interventions: A comprehensive look at certified registered nurse anesthetist service provision in U.S. hospitals from 2010 to 2021	5
Leveraging Cooperative Extension Services as a population health approach to reduce health disparities	5
Perceived risks and benefits of telePrEP interventions: An interview study with rural sexual minority men in Texas	5
Geographic disparities in unpaid caregiving	5
Weaving the rural health safety net: Voices from the field	5
Rural‐urban differences in dietary intake across pregnancy trimesters: A multisite prospective cohort study	5
Substance use disorder treatment and technology access among people who use drugs in rural areas of the United States: A cross‐sectional survey	5
Rural disparities impact response to a web‐based physical activity self‐management intervention in COPD: A secondary analysis	5
Evaluating implementation by rural clinics of evidence‐based interventions to promote HPV vaccination	5
Implementation and evaluation of a multilevel intervention to increase uptake of the human papillomavirus vaccine among rural adolescents	5
Trends in mental health care utilization in rural and nonrural areas, 2019‐2023	4
A closer examination of the “rural mortality penalty”: Variability by race, region, and measurement	4
Rural/urban differences in access to paid sick leave among full‐time workers	4
A qualitative study of end‐stage liver disease and liver transplant referral practices among primary care providers in nonurban America	4
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Differences in the travel burden for care between rural and urban patients with opioid use disorder by insurance type	4
Availability of hospital‐based cancer services before and after rural hospital closure, 2008‐2017	4
Tobacco use disparities in rural communities	4
Rural and urban differences in the implementation of Virtual Integrated Patient‐Aligned Care Teams	4
Is Walk Score a useful tool for measuring walkability in rural communities?	4
Medicare telehealth utilization by Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers prior to and during the COVID‐19 pandemic	4
“It's not about me. It's about what's best for my community”: Factors impacting COVID‐19 vaccine uptake among Native Americans and Latinos from two agricultural communities	4
Financial performance of rural and urban nursing homes: A comparative analysis	4
Rural/urban differences in receipt of governmental rental assistance: Relationship to health and disability	4
Rural‐urban divide in risk perception of LSD: Implications for psychedelic‐assisted therapy	4
Medicare accountable care organization characteristics associated with participation in 2‐sided risk	4
Examining the association between rurality and positive childhood experiences among a national sample	4
Sexualized drug use factors among rural sexual minority men	4
Perceptions of access to care after a rural hospital closure in an economically distressed county of Appalachian Tennessee	4
Patient perspectives of the impact of a rural health center closure: A cross‐sectional survey	4
An assessment of area‐level vulnerability and resilience indices by geography: A rural‐urban comparison	4
The uneven impact of Medicaid expansion on rural and urban Black, Latino/a, and White mortality	4
Assessing the relationship between census tract rurality and severe maternal morbidity in California (1997‐2018)	4
Improving colorectal cancer screening in rural primary care: Preliminary effectiveness and implementation of a collaborative mailed fecal immunochemical test pilot	4
Is being there enough? Postgraduate nurse practitioner residencies in rural primary care	4
Evaluating policies to improve access to mental health services in rural areas	4
Barriers to health care among rural adults by disability status	4
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Factors associated with early sexual onset and delaying sex in rural middle school youth	3
We are all in this together: Rurality, Social cohesion, and COVID‐19 prevention behaviors	3
Understanding opioid use within a Southwestern American Indian Reservation Community: A qualitative study	3
Differences in chronic pain care receipt among veterans from differing racialized groups and the impact of rural versus urban residence	3
Enduring lessons from the COVID‐19 pandemic: Advancing virtual care for substance use disorders in rural America	3
Similarities and differences across the underlying dimensions of social functioning in rural and nonrural cancer survivors: A mixed‐methods study	3
On the importance of gradation in rural health designations	3
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥ 65 years in rural America, by Census region and select demographic characteristics: 2020	3
A cross‐sectional study of alcohol, opioid use, and anxiety in agriculturally based occupations	3
Positive yet problematic: Lived experiences of racial and ethnic minority medical students during rural and urban underserved clinical rotations	3
The impact of rural general hospital closures on communities—A systematic review of the literature	3
Factors associated with perceived ease of access to syringes in Appalachian North Carolina	3
Rural US residents recognize anxiety better than urbanites and suburbanites but hold similar stigma	3
Addressing substance use disorder‐related stigma in rural communities using Community Conversations	3
Trends in patient perceptions of care toward rural and urban hospitals in the United States: 2014‐2019	3
Effects of rurality and distance to care on perinatal outcomes over a 1‐year period during the COVID‐19 pandemic	3
Understanding the influence of social determinants of health on symptom reporting in pediatric cancer	3

Seeking connection: A qualitative study of psychosocial support needs of rural cancer survivors in Minnesota	3
Facilitators and barriers to implementing the Diabetes Prevention Program in rural church settings: A qualitative study using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research	3
Rural–urban differences in opioid prescribing in the Veterans Health Administration	3
Family physicians provide maternity care in and around the maternity care shortage areas, particularly rural	2
Rural comprehensive cancer care: Qualitative analysis of current challenges and opportunities	2
Addressing the growing rural–urban divide in opioid prescribing for veterans	2
Rural mistrust of public health interventions in the United States: A call for taking the long view to improve adoption	2
Adverse childhood experiences and preventive health care among rural US children: A cross‐sectional examination of 2022 National Health Interview Survey data	2
Removing Caps for rural graduate medical education: A policy recommendation to eliminate GME Caps of less than 16 for rurally located hospitals	2
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	2
Rural health research in the 21st century: A commentary on challenges and the role of digital technology	2
Urban‐rural disparities in interfacility transfers for children during COVID‐19	2
Social needs and health outcomes in two rural Veteran populations	2
COVID‐19 vaccination willingness and uptake among rural Black/African American, Latino, and White adults	2
Rural–urban differences in smoking quit ratios and cessation‐related factors: Results from a nationally representative sample	2
Rural–urban disparities in cardiovascular disease mortality vary by poverty level and region	2
Fostering telecompetence: A descriptive evaluation of clinical psychology predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship implementation of telehealth education	2
Community social vulnerability and the 340B Drug Pricing Program: Evaluating predictors of 340B participation among critical access hospital	2
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Preparing behavioral health clinicians for success and retention in rural safety net practices	2
Geographic differences in community oncology provider and practice location characteristics in the central United States	2
Federal telehealth policy changes during the COVID‐19 public health emergency: Associations with telemental health use among rural and urban Medicare beneficiaries	2
Examination of increasing suicide rates among rural Hispanic VA patients	2
Cancer disparities in Appalachian Kentucky	2
Association of rurality and decreased continuity of care prior to a diagnosis of prediabetes	2
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The role of comorbidities, medications, and social determinants of health in understanding urban‐rural outcome differences among patients with heart failure	2
The impact of California Proposition 56 on smoking behaviors across geographic residence	2
Understanding the impacts of rural hospital closures: A scoping review	2
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Weight status underestimation and weight management goals among adults in the rural South of the United States	2
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Incremental cost analysis of pediatric hospice care in rural and urban Appalachia	2
Implementation strategies to improve posttraumatic stress disorder care in rural veterans	2
Health insurance coverage and experiences of intimate partner violence and postpartum abuse screening among rural US residents who gave birth 2016‐2020	2
Historical loss: Implications for physical activity levels in American Indian adults	2
Examination of rural–urban disparities in utilization of preventive dental procedures in the US pediatric population: A cross‐sectional study	2
Rural‐urban differences in monkeypox behaviors and attitudes among men who have sex with men in the United States	2
Rural–urban differences in emergency medical services bypass routing of stroke in North Carolina	2
“I've been to more of my friends’ funerals than I've been to my friends’ weddings”: Witnessing and responding to overdose in rural Northern New England	2
Statewide implementation for medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in urban and rural emergency departments	2
Rural and urban disparities in quality of home health care: A longitudinal cohort study (2014‐2018)	2
Sociodemographic disparities in preterm birth and low birthweight in the State of Georgia: Results from the 2017‐2018 Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System	2
Urban‐rural differences in tobacco product availability in food retailers, United States, 2017	1
Tobacco retailer density and rurality across four US states: California, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Ohio	1
A descriptive examination of rurality in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Cohort: Implications, illustrations, and future directions	1
Rural communities face more than an opioid crisis: Reimagining funding assistance to address polysubstance use, associated health problems, and limited rural service capacity	1
Associations between COVID‐19 therapies and outcomes in rural and urban America: A multisite, temporal analysis from the Alpha to Omicron SARS‐CoV‐2 variants	1
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Breast cancer screening method prevalences in rural and urban women post‐pandemic	1
The development of the Agricultural Producer Barriers to Care Scale (APBCS)	1
Pain management: A deeper look at rural and urban nurses’ perceptions and experiences	1
HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis awareness, practices, and comfort among urban and rural family medicine physicians	1
Rural–urban differences in mental health and psychotherapy use among veterans with military sexual trauma: A retrospective cohort study	1
Colorectal cancer survival disparities in persistent poverty areas	1
The Breast‐Imaging Operations, Practices and Systems Inventory: A framework to examine mammography facility effects on screening in rural communities	1
Twenty‐five years of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program: The past as prologue	1
A new model‐based approach for estimating rural hospital markets	1
Association of rurality with utilization of palliative care and hospice among Medicare beneficiaries who died from pancreatic cancer: A cohort study	1
The charm of country life? Impact of rural childhood residence on physical and mental health in later life	1
Exploring rural doctors’ early experiences of coping with the emerging COVID‐19 pandemic	1
Care packages to promote universal suicide prevention for remote Alaska Native communities: What worked?	1
Impact of rurality on health care utilization among Australian residents from 2009 to 2021	1
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The implications of long COVID for rural communities	1
Pairing Project ECHO and patient navigation as an innovative approach to improving the health and wellness of cancer survivors in rural settings	1
A thematic analysis of the personal factors influencing mental health help‐seeking in farmers	1
A cross‐sectional study of community‐level physician retention and hospitalization in rural Ontario, Canada	1
Urban‐rural disparities in childhood obesogenic environments in the United States: Application of differing rural definitions	1
Feasibility of delivering survivorship care via lay health educators: A pilot randomized controlled trial among rural cancer survivors	1
Metropolitan/nonmetropolitan differences of the impact of COVID‐19 on cancer survivors' care	1
Facilitators and barriers to providing affirming care for transgender patients in primary care practices in Arkansas	1
Exploring telehealth adoption and financial outcomes for rural hospitals during the COVID‐19 public health emergency	1
An exploratory study to understand how rurality status and demographic characteristics are associated with enrollment, engagement, and retention in a digital health intervention targeting the Appalach	1
Medical education for African American communities in the rural South: A focus group approach to identify fundamental considerations	1
Rural dwelling as a risk factor for mental health and well‐being for LGBTQ+ youth: The mechanism of social support	1
Palliative care needs and preferences of older adults with advanced or serious chronic illnesses and their families in rural communities of Indiana, USA	1
Impact of rurality and the area deprivation index on outcomes of collaborative care for depression	1
Mental health at the COVID‐19 frontline: An assessment of distress, fear, and coping among staff and attendees at screening clinics of rural/regional settings of Victoria, Australia	1
Geographic variability in rural patient internet connectivity when accessing telehealth services from home: A retrospective analysis during the COVID‐19 pandemic	1
Disparities in Prenatal Immunization Rates in Rural and Urban US Areas by Indicators of Access to Care	1
The relationship of health activation with risk of future cardiovascular disease among rural family caregivers of patients with chronic illnesses	1
Higher hospitalization and mortality rates among SARS‐CoV‐2‐infected persons in rural America	1
Rural depopulation and the rural‐urban gap in cognitive functioning among older adults	1
Disparities in rural and urban outcomes in populations with human papillomavirus–associated oropharyngeal cancers	1
Leveraging community engagement to increase the health literacy of youth in rural Pennsylvania: The ACHIEVE program	1
Living with chronic myelogenous leukemia in rural communities: Exploring factors related to tyrosine kinase inhibitors adherence with a mixed methods approach	1
The effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on urban and rural hospital profitability	1
Exploring COVID‐19 census burdens by US hospital characteristics: Implications of quality reporting at rural and critical access hospitals	1
Risks of adverse health outcomes among older rural prostate cancer survivors in the SEER‐Medicare data	1
Impact of rural‐urban residence and deprivation on care pathways for depression disorders among adults in the UK	1
Rural health disparities in health care utilization for dementia in Minnesota	1
Development of chronic pain and high‐impact chronic pain across the US rural–urban continuum, 2019–2020	1
Rural patients’ experiences with diagnosis and treatment of endometrial cancer	1