OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Rural Health is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Spatial Disparities in Coronavirus Incidence and Mortality in the United States: An Ecological Analysis as of May 2020	186
Community Susceptibility and Resiliency to COVID‐19 Across the Rural‐Urban Continuum in the United States	171
Rural and Urban Differences in COVID‐19 Prevention Behaviors	123
Progression of COVID‐19 From Urban to Rural Areas in the United States: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Prevalence Rates	121
COVID‐19 Death Rates Are Higher in Rural Counties With Larger Shares of Blacks and Hispanics	88
A Commentary on Rural‐Urban Disparities in COVID‐19 Testing Rates per 100,000 and Risk Factors	81
Rural‐urban and within‐rural differences in COVID‐19 vaccination rates	65
COVID‐19 During the Opioid Epidemic – Exacerbation of Stigma and Vulnerabilities	57
Susceptibility of Southwestern American Indian Tribes to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19)	48
Evaluating Telehealth Adoption and Related Barriers Among Hospitals Located in Rural and Urban Areas	48
Half of Rural Residents at High Risk of Serious Illness Due to COVID‐19, Creating Stress on Rural Hospitals	47
Preventing Suicide in Rural Communities During the COVID‐19 Pandemic	46
Unequal Distribution of COVID‐19 Risk Among Rural Residents by Race and Ethnicity	45
Telemedicine Services During COVID‐19: Considerations for Medically Underserved Populations	43
Geographic, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in broadband access	42
American Indian and Alaska Native People: Social Vulnerability and COVID‐19	41
Deaths From COVID‐19 in Rural, Micropolitan, and Metropolitan Areas: A County‐Level Comparison	40
The Association of Social Determinants of Health With COVID‐19 Mortality in Rural and Urban Counties	39
Disparities in digital access among American rural and urban households and implications for telemedicine‐based services	39
Rapid Scale‐Up of Telehealth During the COVID‐19 Pandemic and Implications for Subspecialty Care in Rural Areas	39
Tracking the geographic distribution and growth of clinicians with a DEA waiver to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder	38
Suicide in the Time of COVID‐19: A Perfect Storm	34
The role of digital health technology in rural cancer care delivery: A systematic review	31
An examination of telehealth policy impacts on initial rural opioid use disorder treatment patterns during the COVID‐19 pandemic	30
The Importance of Video Visits in the Time of COVID‐19	29

Health Care Disparities Across the Urban‐Rural Divide: A National Study of Individuals with COPD	29
Community Attitudes Toward Opioid Use Disorder and Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in a Rural Appalachian County	28
COVID‐19: How Can Rural Community Pharmacies Respond to the Outbreak?	25
Flattening the Curve by Getting Ahead of It: How the VA Healthcare System Is Leveraging Telehealth to Provide Continued Access to Care for Rural Veterans	25
Using Telehealth as a Tool for Rural Hospitals in the COVID‐19 Pandemic Response	23
Strategies for Disseminating and Implementing COVID‐19 Public Health Prevention Practices in Rural Areas	20
Rural‐urban differences in informal caregiving and health‐related quality of life	20
Overcoming Barriers to Health Care Access in Rural Latino Communities: An Innovative Model in the Eastern Coachella Valley	19
Nonmetropolitan COVID‐19 Incidence and Mortality Rates Surpassed Metropolitan Rates Within the First 24 Weeks of the Pandemic Declaration: United States, March 1–October 18, 2020	18
Navigating Nonessential Research Trials During COVID‐19: The Push We Needed for Using Digital Technology to Increase Access for Rural Participants?	18
Rural‐Urban Differences in Positive Childhood Experiences Across a National Sample	18
Substance Use Disorder Treatment, Perceived Need for Treatment, and Barriers to Treatment Among Parenting Women With Substance Use Disorder in US Rural Counties	17
A Systematic Review of Factors Impacting Suicide Risk Among Rural Adults in the United States	17
Rural Perceptions of Acute Care at Home: A Qualitative Analysis	17
Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality	17
COVID‐19 and Rural Harm Reduction Challenges in the US Southern Mountains	17
Introducing the Percent, Number, Availability, and Capacity [PNAC] Spatial Approach to Identify Priority Rural Areas Requiring Targeted Health Support in Light of COVID‐19: A Commentary and Applicatio	16
Being African American and Rural: A Double Jeopardy From COVID‐19	15
Barriers to Telemedicine Implementation in Southwest Tribal Communities During COVID‐19	15
COVID‐19 risk mitigation behaviors among rural and urban community‐dwelling older adults in summer, 2020	15
State health disparities research in Rural America: Gaps and future directions in an era of COVID‐19	15
Exploration of the Effects of Rural Obstetric Unit Closures on Birth Outcomes in North Carolina	14
Integrating Telemedicine for Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Primary Care: Beyond the COVID Pandemic	14
Proactive and Comprehensive Community Health Actions to Fight the COVID‐19 Epidemic: Initial Lessons from Vietnam	14
Qualitative analysis of cancer care experiences among rural cancer survivors and caregivers	14
Treating COVID‐19 in Rural America	14
A Primary Care Response to COVID‐19 for Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder	13
Urban‐Rural Disparities in Opioid Use Disorder Prevention and Response Activities: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis	13
Telehealth Availability in US Hospitals in the Face of the COVID‐19 Pandemic	13
Higher hospitalization and mortality rates among SARS‐CoV‐2‐infected persons in rural America	13
Rural Availability of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs)	13
Rural and urban differences in perceptions, behaviors, and health care disruptions during the COVID‐19 pandemic	12
Will Community Health Centers Survive COVID‐19?	12
Telehealth Policies Impacting Federally Qualified Health Centers in Face of COVID‐19	12
Ethical and Legal Challenges During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Are We Thinking About Rural Hospitals?	12
Increasing access to care for trauma‐exposed rural veterans: A mixed methods outcome evaluation of a web‐based skills training program with telehealth‐delivered coaching	12
Low‐dose CT lung cancer screening uptake: A rural–urban comparison	12
Rural residency as a risk factor for severe maternal morbidity	12
Quality of Life and Impact of Cancer: Differences in Rural and Nonrural Non‐Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivors	11
Rural depopulation and the rural‐urban gap in cognitive functioning among older adults	11
Statewide Stay‐at‐Home Directives on the Spread of COVID‐19 in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties in the United States	11
Rural Stroke Patients Have Higher Mortality: An Improvement Opportunity for Rural Emergency Medical Services Systems	11
Rural‐Urban Differences in Dental Service Utilization and Dental Service Procedures Received Among US Adults: Results From the 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey	11
Post‐ACA Trends in the US Primary Care Physician Shortage with Index of Relative Rurality	11
Trends in Hospital Mortality for Uninsured Rural and Urban Populations, 2012‐2016	10
The COVID‐19 Pandemic Illuminates Persistent and Emerging Disparities among Rural Black Populations	10
Antibiotic prescribing to Kentucky Medicaid children, 2012‐2017: Prescribing is higher in rural areas	10
Rural‐urban differences in monkeypox behaviors and attitudes among men who have sex with men in the United States	10
The Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Telehealth (SAFE‐T) Center: A Comprehensive, Nurse‐led Telehealth Model to Address Disparities in Sexual Assault Care	10
Access and attitudinal barriers to engagement in integrated primary care mental health treatment for rural populations	10

Family Physician Burnout Does Not Differ With Rurality	10
Rural hospitals are not associated with worse postoperative outcomes for colon cancer surgery	10
The Effect of Rural Residence on Cancer‐Related Self‐Efficacy With UK Cancer Survivors Following Treatment	10
Rapid Deployment of a Statewide COVID‐19 ECHO Program for Frontline Clinicians: Early Results and Lessons Learned	10
Rural‐urban differences in HPV testing for cervical cancer screening	9
Tele‐ICUs for COVID‐19: A Look at National Prevalence and Characteristics of Hospitals Providing Teleintensive Care	9
Decline in Inpatient Volume at Rural Hospitals	9
“He Would Take My Shoes and All the Baby's Warm Winter Gear so We Couldn't Leave”: Barriers to Safety and Recovery Experienced by a Sample of Vermont Women With Partner Violence and Opioid Use Disorde	9
Rural‐Urban Disparities in Pancreatic Cancer Stage of Diagnosis: Understanding the Interaction With Medically Underserved Areas	9
The Geographic Impact of Buprenorphine Expansion to Nurse Practitioner Prescribers in Oregon	9
Does a Rural Community‐Based Intervention Improve Knowledge and Attitudes of Opioid Use Disorder and Medication‐Assisted Treatment? A Report From the IT MATTTRs Study	9
Rural and urban disparities in quality of home health care: A longitudinal cohort study (2014‐2018)	9
Rural mistrust of public health interventions in the United States: A call for taking the long view to improve adoption	9
Rural/urban differences in the prevalence of stroke risk factors: A cross‐sectional analysis from the REGARDS study	9
Veteran Perspectives on Care Coordination Between Veterans Affairs and Community Providers: A Qualitative Analysis	8
PCP Opinions of Universal Suicide Risk Screening in Rural Primary Care: Current Challenges and Strategies for Successful Implementation	8
Veterans Affairs and Rural Community Providers’ Perspectives on Interorganizational Care Coordination: A Qualitative Analysis	8
Perspectives of cancer prevention and control resources from stakeholders in rural southern Illinois	8
An assessment of the rural‐urban differences in the crash response time and county‐level crash fatalities in the United States	8
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Cancer Screening Interventions Targeting Appalachian Populations: A Systematic Review	8
Comparing Pathways to Diagnosis and Treatment for Rural and Urban Patients With Colorectal or Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Study	8
Interstates of Infection: Preliminary Investigations of Human Mobility Patterns in the COVID‐19 Pandemic	8
Pipelines to Pathways: Medical School Commitment to Producing a Rural Workforce	8
Lung Cancer Surgical Regionalization Disproportionately Worsens Travel Distance for Rural Patients	8
Decomposing Urban and Rural Disparities of Preventable ED Visits Among Patients With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Evidence of the Availability of Health Care Resources	8
Telehealth in Response to the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Rural Veteran and Military Beneficiaries	8
Differences in Loneliness Across the Rural‐Urban Continuum Among Adults Living in Washington State	8
Association between the geographic accessibility of PrEP and PrEP use among MSM in nonurban areas	8
Psychiatrist and Psychologist Experiences with Telehealth and Remote Collaborative Care in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study	7
A Multilevel Approach to Understand the Context and Potential Solutions for Low Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening Rates in Rural Appalachia Clinics	7
Comparing the Health Workforce Provider Mix and the Distance Travelled for Mental Health Services by Rural and Urban Medicare Beneficiaries	7
Local Capacity for Emergency Births in Rural Hospitals Without Obstetrics Services	7
Evaluating disparities in access to obstetric services for American Indian women across Montana	7
A thematic analysis of the personal factors influencing mental health help‐seeking in farmers	7
Anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, and professional quality of life among the hospital workforce during a global health pandemic	7
Evaluating policies to improve access to mental health services in rural areas	7
Care coordination between rural primary care and telemedicine to expand medication treatment for opioid use disorder: Results from a single‐arm, multisite feasibility study	7
Caring for Miners During the Coronavirus Disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) Pandemic	7
Interventions to address cancer‐related financial toxicity: Recommendations from the field	7
A pandemic of Body, Mind, and Spirit: The Burden of “Social Distancing” in Rural Communities During an Era of Heightened Suicide Risk	7
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