ARTICLES

A91. Radford, A., Slifkin, R., Fraser, R., Mason, M., Mueller, K. The experience of rural independent pharmacies with Medicare Part D: Reports from the field. Journal of Rural Health 23(4):286-293, 2007.

A90. Ricketts TC, Randolph R. Urban-Rural flows of physicians. Journal of Rural Health 23(4):277-285, 2007.

A89. Skinner, A.C., Slifkin, R.T. Rural/Urban differences in barriers to and burden of care for children with special health care needs Journal of Rural Health 23(2):150-157, 2007.

A88. Freeman, V., Walsh, J., Rudolf, M., Slifkin, R., Skinner, A. Intensive care in critical access hospitals. Journal of Rural Health 23(2):116-123, 2007.

A87. Holmes, G.M., Slifkin, R.T., Randolph, R.K., Poley, S. The effect of rural hospital closures on community economic health. Health Services Research 41(2):667-485, 2006.

A86. Cockrell Skinner, A., Slifkin, R.T., Mayer, M.L. The effects of rural residence on dental unmet need for children with special health care needs. Journal of Rural Health 22(1):36-42, 2006.

A85. Fraher, E.P., Slifkin, R.T., Smith, L., Randolph, R., Rudolf, M., Holmes, G.M. Implications of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 for the financial viability of rural pharmacies. Journal of Rural Health 21(2):114-121, 2005.

A84. Mayer, M.L., Slifkin, R.T., Skinner, A.C. The effects of rural residence and other social vulnerabilities on subjective measures of unmet need. Medical Care Research and Review 62(5):617-628, 2005.

A83. Ricketts, T.C. Arguing for rural health: Toward a progressive rhetoric for America. The Journal of Rural Health 20(1):43-51, Winter 2004.

A82. Slifkin, R.T., Randolph, R., Ricketts, T.C. The changing metropolitan designation process and rural America. The Journal of Rural Health 20(1):1-6, Winter 2004.

A81. Ricketts, T.C. Geographic information systems and public health. Annual Review of Public Health 24:1-6, 2003.

A80. Pathman, D., Thaker, S., Ricketts, T.C., Albright, J. Use of program logic models in the Southern Rural Access Program evaluation. The Journal of Rural Health 19(5):308-313, 2003.

A79. Pathman, D.E., Konrad, T.R., Agnew, C.R. Predictive accuracy of rural physicians' state retention plans. The Journal of Rural Health 19:236-244, 2003.

A78. Dalton, K., Slifkin, R.T., Poley, S., Fruhbeis, M. Choosing to convert to critical access hospital status. Health Care Financing Review 25(1):115-132, 2003.

A77. Jackson, J., Shannon, K., Pathman, D.E., Mason, E., Nemitz, J.W. A comparative assessment of West Virginia's financial incentive programs for rural physicians. The Journal of Rural Health 10(1):28-35, 2002.

A76. Malaty, W., Pathman, D.E. Factors affecting the match rate of rural training tracks in family practice residencies. Family Medicine 34:258-61, 2002.

A75. Slifkin, R.T. Developing policies responsive to barriers to health care among rural residents: What do we need to know. Journal of Rural Health 18(S):233-241, 2002.

A74. Mofidi, M., Slifkin, R.T., Freeman, V., Silberman, P. The impact of a state child's health insurance program on access to dental care. Journal of the American Dental Association 133:707-14, 2002.

A73. Dalton, K., Slifkin, R.T., Howard, H.A. Rural hospital wages and the area wage index. Health Care Financing Review 23(4), 2002.

A72. Slifkin, R.T., Freeman, V., Silberman, P. The effect of the North Carolina state children's health insurance program on beneficiary access to care. Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine 156:1223-1229, 2002.

A71. Pathman, D.E., Konrad, T.R., Schwartz, R. The proximity of rural African American and Hispanic/Latino communities to physicians and hospital services. The Journal of Rural Health 18:416-427, 2002.

A70. Silberman et. al. Tracking Medicaid managed care in rural communities:A 50-state follow-up. Health Affairs 21(4):225-263, 2002.

A69. Dalton, K. Market entry and exit in long term care:A first look at the impact of SNF prospective payment. Health Care Finance Review April, 2002.

A68. Paskett, E.D., Cooper, M.R., Stark, N., Ricketts, T.C., Tropman, S., Hatzell, T., Aldrich, T., Atkins, J. Clinical trial enrollment of rural patients with cancer. Cancer Practice 10(1):28-35, 2002.

A67. Sliberman, P., Costich, E., Pendergraft, T., Ricketts, T.C. Access to care for North Carolina's uninsured. North Carolina Medical Journal January/February, 2002.

A66. Ricketts, T.C., Pope, D. Demography and health care in eastern North Carolina. North Carolina Medical Journal January/February, 2002.

A65. Slifkin, R.T., Silberman,P., Reif, S. The effects of Medicaid managed care on rural public health departments. Journal of Rural Health 17(3):187-196, 2001.

A64. Ricketts, T.C., Heaphy, P.E. Hospitals in rural America. Western Journal of Medicine 173:418-422.

A63. Ricketts, T.C., Hart, L.G., Pirani, M. How many rural doctors do we have? Journal of Rural Health 16(3)198-207.

A62. Ricketts, T.C., Randolph, R., Howard, H.A., Pathman, D.E., Carey, T. Hospitalization rates as indicators of access to primary care. Health and Place 7 (2001) 27-38.

A61. Ricketts, T.C. The changing nature of rural health care. Chapter in: Annual Review of Public Health 21:639-57.

A60 Konrad T.R., Slifkin R.T., Stevens C, Miller J. Using the AMA Physician Masterfile to measure physician supply in small towns. Journal of Rural Health 16(2) 162-167.

A59 Dalton K, Slifkin R.T., Howard H.A. The role of critical access hospital status in mitigating the effects of new Prospective Payment Systems under Medicare. Journal of Rural Health 16(4) 357-370.

A58 Stearns S.C., Slifkin R.T., Walke T. Access to care for rural Medicare beneficiaries. Journal of Rural Health 16(1) 31-42. ORHP.

A57 Tropman S.E., Hatzell T, Paskett E, Ricketts T, Cooper M.R., Aldrich T. Rural breast cancer treatment: Evidence from the Reaching Communities for Cancer Care (REACH) project. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 56:59-66, 1999.

A56 Tropman S.E., Hatzell T, Paskett E, Ricketts T, Cooper M.R., Aldrich T. Colon cancer treatment in rural North and South Carolina. Cancer Detection and Prevention 23(5):428-434, 1999.

A55. Baer L, Gesler W, Konrad T. The wineglass model: Tracking the locational histories of health professionals. Social Science and Medicine 50(3):317-329, 2000.

A54. Hatzell T, Ricketts T.C., Tropman S, Paskett E, Cooper M.R. Rural physicians’ understanding of the state-of-the-art in breast, colon, and rectum cancer treatment. Cancer Causes and Control 10:261-267, 1999. NCI

A53. Slifkin R.T., Popkin B, Dalton K. The effect of graduate medical education funding on rural hospitals. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 11(2)231-242, ORHP.

A52. Reif S, Ricketts T.C. The Medicare Critical Access Hospital Program: The first year. The Journal of Rural Health Volume 15, No. 1, Spring 1999. 15(1)61-66 ORHP.

A51. Reif S, DesHarnais S, Bernard S. Community perceptions of the effects of rural hospital closure on access to care: Case studies. Journal of Rural Health Winter, 2000. 15(3)202-209 ORHP.

A50. Goldsmith L.J., Ricketts T.C. Proposed changes to designations of medically underserved populations and health professional shortage areas: Effects on rural areas. Journal of Rural Health 15(1) Winter 1999. 15(1)44-54, ORHP.

A48. Baer L.D., Konrad T.R., Miller J.S. The need of community health centers for international medical graduates. American Journal of Public Health 89(10)1570-1574, 1999.

A47. Reif S, DesHarnais S, Bernard S. Community perceptions on the effects of rural hospital closure on access to care. Journal of Rural Health 15(2)202-209 1999, ORHP.

A46. Felt-Lisk S, Silberman P, Hoag S, Slifkin, R.T. Medicaid managed care in rural areas: A 10 state follow-up study. Health Affairs 18(2); pp238-245. AHCPR

A45. Slifkin R.T., Hoag S, Silberman P, Felt-Lisk S, Popkin, B. Medicaid managed care programs in rural areas: A fifty state review. Health Affairs 17(6); pp. 217-227.

A44. Baer L.D., Ricketts T.C., Konrad T.R., Mick S.S. Do international medical graduates reduce rural physician shortages? Medical Care 36(11); pp. 1534-1544.

A43. Skatrud J.D., Bennett T.A., Loda F.A. An overview of adolescent pregnancy in rural areas. Journal of Rural Health 14(1); pp17 – 27. AHCPR

A42. Johnson-Webb K.D., Baer L.D., Gesler W. What is rural?: Issues and considerations. Journal of Rural Health 13(3); pp. 253-256, 1997. ORHP

A41. Slifkin R.T., Clark S, Strandhoy S and Konrad T.R. Public-sector immunization coverage in eleven states: The status of rural areas. Journal of Rural Health 13(4); pp. 334-341, 1997. ORHP

A40. Baer L.D., Johnson-Webb K.D., and Gesler W.M. What is rural?: A Focus on urban influence codes. Journal of Rural Health 13(2); pp. 329-333, 1997. ORHP

A.39. Bennett T.A., Skatrud DeClerque J.L., Guild P.A., Loda F.A., and Klerman L, 1997 Rural adolescent pregnancy: A view from the south. Family Planning Perspectives 29(6); pp. 256-267. AHCPR

A38. Loda F.A., Speizer I.S., Martin K.L., Skatrud J.D., Bennett T.A. Programs and services to prevent pregnancy, childbearing, and poor birth outcomes among adolescents in rural areas of the southeastern united states. Journal of Adolescent Health 97(21); pp157-166, 1997. AHCPR

A37. Pathman D.E., Konrad T.R. Minority physicians serving in rural National Health Service Corps sites. Medical Care 34(5); pp. 439-454, 1996.

A36. Ricketts T.C., Tropman S.E., Slifkin R.T., Konrad T.R. Migration of obstetrician-gynecologists into and out of rural areas, 1985 to 1990. Medical Care 34(5); pp. 428-438, 1996.

A35. Slifkin R.T., Ricketts T.C., Howard H.A. Potential effects of managed competition in rural areas. Health Care Financing Review 17(3); pp. 1-15, 1996.

A34. Pathman D.E., Tropman S. Obstetrical practice among new rural family physicians. Journal of Family Practice 40(5); pp. 457-464, 1995.

A33. Ricketts T.C., Slifkin R.T., Johnson-Webb K.D. Trends in HMO service areas in rural counties. Health Care Financing Review 17(1) Fall; pp. 1-14, 1995.

A32. Pathman D.E., Konrad T.R., Ricketts T.C. The National Health Service Corps experience for rural physicians in the late 1980s. Journal of the American Medical Association 272(17):1341-1348, 1994.

A31. Pathman D.E., Konrad T.R., Ricketts T.C. Medical education and the retention of rural physicians. Health Services Research (1):39-58, 1994.

A30. Millard P.S., Cegielski J.P., Wing S, Silver A. Rurality and tuberculosis incidence trends in North and South Carolina. Journal of Rural Health 10(4):226-236, 1994.

A29. Pathman D.E., Konrad T.R., Agnew C.R. Studying the retention of rural physicians. Journal of Rural Health 10(3):183-192, 1994.

A28. Kolimaga J.T., Konrad T.R., Ricketts T.C. Does subsidizing rural Community Health Centers hurt private practice physicians? Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 5(2):124-141, 1994.

A27. Cohn S.E., Klein J.D, Mohr J.E., Van der Horst C.M., Weber D.J. The geography of AIDS: Patterns of urban and rural migration. Southern Medical Journal 87(6):599-606, 1994.

A26. Bader J.D., Scurria M.S., Shugars D.A. Urban/rural differences in prosthetic dental service rates. Journal of Rural Health 10(1):26-30, 1994.

A25. Taylor D.H., Ricketts T.C. Improving access to obstetrical care in rural areas. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 5(1):9-20, 1993.

A24. Taylor D.H., Ricketts T.C. Helping nurse midwives provide obstetrical care in rural areas. American Journal of Public Health 83(6):904-5, 1993.

A23. Shi L, Samuels M.E., Konrad T.R, Ricketts T.C., Stoskopf C.H., Richter D.L. The determinants of utilization of midlevel providers in rural community and migrant health centers. Journal of Rural Health 9(1):27-39, 1993.

A22. Millard P, Konrad T.R., Goldstein A, Stein J.S. Primary care physicians' views on access and health care reform: The situation in North Carolina. Journal of Family Practice 37(5):439-444, 1993.

A21. Lambrew J.M., Ricketts T.C., Morrissey J.P. Case study of the integration of a local health department and a community health center. Public Health Reports 108(1):19-29, 1993.

A20. Lambrew J.M., Ricketts TC. Patterns of obstetrical care in single-hospital, rural counties. Medical Care 31(9):822-833, 1993.

A19. Horner R.D., Samsa G.P., Ricketts T.C. Preliminary evidence on retention rates of primary care physicians in rural and urban areas. Medical Care 31(7):640-648, 1993.

A18. Fondren L.K., Ricketts T.C. The North Carolina obstetrics access and professional liability study: A rural-urban analysis. Journal of Rural Health 9(2):129-137, 1993.

A17. Taylor D.H., Ricketts T.C., Berman J.L., Kolimaga J.T. One state's response to the malpractice insurance crisis: North Carolina's Rural Obstetrical Care Incentive Program. Public Health Reports 107(5):523-529, 1992.

A16. Rutledge R, Messick J, Baker C.C., Rhyne S, Butts J, Meyer A, Ricketts T.C. Multivariate population-based analysis of the association of county trauma centers with per capita county trauma death rates. The Journal of Trauma 33(1):29-38, 1992.

A15. Pathman D.E., Konrad T.R., Ricketts T.C. The comparative retention of National Health Service Corps and other rural physicians: Results of a 9-year follow-up study. Journal of the American Medical Association 268(12):1552-1558, 1992.

A14. Millard P.S. Update on tuberculosis in North Carolina. Epidemiology Notes 97(2):1, 1992.

A13. Millard P.S. Geographic clustering of tuberculosis in North Carolina. Epidemiology Notes 97(2):1-3, 1992.

A12. Monroe A.C., Ricketts T.C., Savitz L.A. Cancer in rural versus urban populations: A review. Journal of Rural Health 8(3):212-220, 1992.

A11. Kushner C, Bernstein J.D., Dihoff S. Our community hospital: The evolution of a primary care hospital. Journal of Rural Health 8(3):197-204, 1992.

A10. Gupta G.C., Konrad T.R. Allied health education in rural Health Professional Shortage Areas of the United States. Journal of the American Medical Association 268(9):1127-1130, 1991.

A9. Lambrew J.M., Wilson G. If hospitals close, then what? North Carolina Insight 13(3-4):89-92, 191.

A8. Lambrew J.M., Betts J. Rural health care in North Carolina: unmet needs, unanswered questions. North Carolina Insight 13(3-4):67-88, 1991.

A7. Kindig D.A., Ricketts T.C. Determining adequacy of physicians and nurses for rural populations: Background and strategy. Journal of Rural Health: Supplemental Issue 7(4):313-326, 1991.

A6. Fondren L.K., Watterson M.K., Ricketts T.C. Tort reform and access to obstetrical care: The proposed North Carolina birth impairment fund. North Carolina Medical Journal 52(2):89-95, 1991.

A5. Rutledge R, Lalor A. Trauma in North Carolina: A review of data from the North Carolina trauma registry. Anesthesia Airways 2(1):1-2, 1990.

A4. Pathman D.E., Plescia M. Exposure to rural medicine during training: Its relationship to physician retention in rural communities. [Abstract in Research Reviews] Journal of Rural Health 6(3):337-338, 1990.

A3. Konrad T.R., Pathman D.E. Trends in provider staffing of subsidized rural primary health care organizations. [Abstract in Research Reviews] Journal of Rural Health 6(3):336-337, 1990.

A2. Ricketts T.C. Competition and rural primary care programs. Journal of Rural Health 6(2):119-137, 1990.

A1. DeFriese G.H., Ricketts T.C. Primary health care in rural areas: An agenda for research. Health Services Research 23(6):931-975, 1998.

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