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Welcome to the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis!
Our Mission
The mission of the RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis is to provide timely analysis to federal and state health policy makers, based on the best available research. The RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis is based at the University of Iowa, in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the College of Public Health.
Recent Publications
- The Impact of High Hospital Fixed-Cost Ratios on Rural Populations
- Evaluating Medicare Advantage Benchmark Setting Methodology on Rural Counties
- Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2024
- Nursing Homes in Rural America: A Chartbook. July 2022
- Impact of Hospital Closure on Rural Communities: A Qualitative Study
- Financial Performance of Rural and Urban Hospitals in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
- Changes in Rural Pharmacy Presence 2023
- Medicare Advantage Plan Growth in Rural America: Availability of Supplemental Benefits
- Nonmetropolitan Premiums, Issuer Participation, and Enrollment in Health Insurance Marketplaces in 2022
Other Rural Health Research Resources
- Rural Health Research Recaps
- key findings from all Rural Health Research Centers, compiled by the Rural Health Research Gateway
Recent Presentations
- 10/11/2024 - Telehealth: Supplement or Supplant?
Keith J. Mueller. Presentation to the Veterans Rural Health Resource Center, Iowa City IA. - 10/4/2024 - Rural Health Policy: The Long and Winding Road
Keith J. Mueller. Presentation to the Veterans Rural Health Resource Center, Iowa City, IA.
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