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Publications

The Center for Rural Health (CRH) produces publications of several types, including maps and presentations.

2013

Second Biennial Report: Health Issues for the State of North Dakota, 2013
Updates the first biennial report with an assessment of the current state of health of North Dakotans and their healthcare delivery system. Presents an analysis of the population demographic in North Dakota and discusses affordable healthcare costs now and in the future.
Project: Healthcare Workforce Group
Author(s): UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Date: December 2013
Type: Report

2012

Effect of Outpatient Visits and Discharge Destination on Potentially Preventable Readmissions for Congestive Heart Failure and Bacterial Pneumonia
Emphasizes the importance of receiving timely post-discharge outpatient care and appropriate discharge destination for reducing preventable hospital readmissions, especially but not exclusively among rural-based patients. Full report.
Author(s): Klug, M., & Muus, K.
Date: March 2012
Type: Policy Brief

2011

Dementia Care Services Project: Continued Progress in Providing Assistance to Caregivers
Provides information regarding the continued progress in providing assistance to caregivers of participates in the dementia care services project.
Author(s): Volkov, B., Muus, K., & Klug MG.
Date: September 2011
Type: Policy Brief
North Dakota Rural Health Impact Statement for 2011
Presents a financial impact summary that addresses various rural health programs in North Dakota, including budgetary impacts, purpose, focus, and outcomes achieved.
Project: State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Gibbens, B.
Date: February 2011
Type: Report
Primary Issues Impacting Rural Health in North Dakota and Contributing Factors
Lists issues that impact rural health in North Dakota, including healthcare access, quality of care, HIT, health insurance, and workforce.
Projects: Flex, State Office of Rural Health
Author(s): Gibbens, B.
Date: February 2011
Type: Resource
Potential Impact of Health Reform on Rural North Dakota Health Workforce
Discusses factors influencing North Dakota's rural health workforce. Highlights research efforts conducted by the Center for Rural Health on rural health workforce.
Author(s): Gibbens, B.
Date: 2011
Type: Fact Sheet

2010

Dementia Care Services Project: Supporting Caregivers in North Dakota
Author(s): Muus, K., Volkov, B., Klug, M., Mueller, J., & Haley-Franklin, H.
Date: December 2010
Type: Policy Brief
Geographic Differences in Potentially Preventable Readmission Rates in Rural and Urban Hospitals
Presents a study that estimated Potentially Preventable Hospital Readmissions (PPRs) in three types of acute care hospitals: urban prospective payment system (PPS) hospitals, rural PPS hospitals, and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs).
Author(s): Klug, M., Knudson, A., & Muus, K.
Date: November 2010
Type: Policy Brief

2009

An Environmental Scan of Health and Healthcare in North Dakota: Establishing the Baselines for Positive Health Transformation
The Environmental Scan of Health and Healthcare in North Dakota was conducted from December 2008 to February 2009. This report provides an overview of selected health and healthcare issues in North Dakota.
Author(s): Volkov, B., Gibbens, B., & Wakefield, M.
Date: March 2009
Type: Report

2007

North Dakota Healthcare Workforce: Planning Together to Meet Future Healthcare Needs (Part II)
Details strategies from the Healthcare Workforce Summit held in December 2006 in Bismarck, ND.
Author(s): Amundson, M., Moulton, P., Wakefield, M., Beattie, S., & Gibbens, B.
Date: April 2007
Type: Policy Brief