NC Rural Health Research Program
The North Carolina Rural Health Research Program (NC RHRP) at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research seeks to address problems in rural health care delivery through basic research, policy-relevant analyses, geographic and graphical presentation of data, and the dissemination of information to organizations and individuals who can use the information for policy or administrative purposes to address complex social issues affecting rural populations.
NC RHRP’s research involves primary data collection, analysis of large secondary data sets, and in-depth policy analysis. The program’s diverse, multidisciplinary team includes multidisciplinary health care professionals, along with experts in biostatistics, geography, epidemiology, sociology, anthropology, and political science. Our active dissemination component emphasizes the use of geographic methods in research.
NC RHRP is built upon a more than 40-year history of rural health research at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and draws on the experience of a wide variety of scholars and researchers, analysts, managers, and health service providers associated with the Center.
These projects are funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.
Recent Publications
- The First Year of Rural Emergency Hospitals: REHs Serve Relatively Disadvantaged Counties Young H. Kim, MSPH , Julie R. Perry, Kristie Thompson, MA, George H. Pink, PhD. October, 2024.
- News Media Coverage of Rural Hospital Closures and the Causes Harini Somanchi, Julie Perry, Kristie Thompson, MA, George H. Pink, PhD. October, 2024.
- Differences in Measurement of Operating Margin: An Update Jessie Ma, BSPH, Susie Gurzenda, MPH, Kristin L. Reiter, PhD, George H. Pink, PhD. May, 2024.
- Using the Updated Financial Distress Index to Describe Relative Risk of Hospital Financial Distress Tyler L. Malone, PhD, George H. Pink, PhD, Kristie Thompson, MA, G. Mark Holmes, PhD. April, 2024.
- A Comparison of 2017-19 Uncompensated Care of Rural and Urban Hospitals by Net Patient Revenue, System Affiliation, and Ownership Emmaline Keesee, MSPH, Susie Gurzenda, MS, Kristie Thompson, MA, George H. Pink, PhD. July, 2023.
In the News
- George Pink in Nearly $2.6B going to 102 hospitals ahead of Friday’s Medicaid expansion in The Center Square (11/28/23)
- George Pink in NCDHHS Office of Rural Health celebrates 50th anniversary in The Daily Tarheel (11/20/23)
- Mark Holmes and George Pink in Funding assists rural North Carolina counties struggling with healthcare access in The Daily Tarheel (11/17/23)
- Mark Holmes in Could tending to Rockingham County’s health needs provide a prescription for other rural NC counties? In NC Health News (10/13/23)
- George Pink in Rural emergency hospitals try to find their footing in The Washington Post (10/23/23)
- George Pink in Emergency care a challenge in many ENC communities & counties without a hospital in WITN (10/4/23)
- George Pink in Pharmacists Work to Sustain Care in Health Care Deserts in Drug Topics (9/29/23)
- George Pink in Two health clinics are set to close in rural Nebraska. Others could follow in Flatwater Free Press (8/24/23)
- Mark Holmes in Rural North Carolina hospital 11th forced to shut down, change services this year in FoxBusiness (8/20/23)
- George Pink in Birthing units in rural Alabama struggle with costs, driving risks for expectant mothers in the Louisiana Illuminator (7/1/2023)
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