OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Rural Health is 5. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Rural and Urban Differences in COVID‐19 Prevention Behaviors	146
Rural‐urban and within‐rural differences in COVID‐19 vaccination rates	78
Evaluating Telehealth Adoption and Related Barriers Among Hospitals Located in Rural and Urban Areas	53
Geographic, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in broadband access	53
Disparities in digital access among American rural and urban households and implications for telemedicine‐based services	51
Tracking the geographic distribution and growth of clinicians with a DEA waiver to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder	45
The Association of Social Determinants of Health With COVID‐19 Mortality in Rural and Urban Counties	44
Deaths From COVID‐19 in Rural, Micropolitan, and Metropolitan Areas: A County‐Level Comparison	43
The role of digital health technology in rural cancer care delivery: A systematic review	37
An examination of telehealth policy impacts on initial rural opioid use disorder treatment patterns during the COVID‐19 pandemic	33
Rural‐urban differences in informal caregiving and health‐related quality of life	29
Rural Perceptions of Acute Care at Home: A Qualitative Analysis	22
A Systematic Review of Factors Impacting Suicide Risk Among Rural Adults in the United States	22
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	21
State health disparities research in Rural America: Gaps and future directions in an era of COVID‐19	20
Distribution of Physician Specialties by Rurality	20
Higher hospitalization and mortality rates among SARS‐CoV‐2‐infected persons in rural America	20
Nurse practitioner scope of practice and the prevention of foot complications in rural diabetes patients	17
Rural depopulation and the rural‐urban gap in cognitive functioning among older adults	17
Rural mistrust of public health interventions in the United States: A call for taking the long view to improve adoption	17
Exploration of the Effects of Rural Obstetric Unit Closures on Birth Outcomes in North Carolina	16
Low‐dose CT lung cancer screening uptake: A rural–urban comparison	16
COVID‐19 risk mitigation behaviors among rural and urban community‐dwelling older adults in summer, 2020	16
Qualitative analysis of cancer care experiences among rural cancer survivors and caregivers	16
Rural and urban differences in perceptions, behaviors, and health care disruptions during the COVID‐19 pandemic	16

Rural Availability of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs)	15
Rural‐urban differences in monkeypox behaviors and attitudes among men who have sex with men in the United States	15
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	14
Rural residency as a risk factor for severe maternal morbidity	14
Rural/urban differences in the prevalence of stroke risk factors: A cross‐sectional analysis from the REGARDS study	13
Antibiotic prescribing to Kentucky Medicaid children, 2012‐2017: Prescribing is higher in rural areas	12
Rural‐urban differences in HPV testing for cervical cancer screening	12
Anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, and professional quality of life among the hospital workforce during a global health pandemic	12
Evaluating disparities in access to obstetric services for American Indian women across Montana	12
Decline in Inpatient Volume at Rural Hospitals	11
Differences in Loneliness Across the Rural‐Urban Continuum Among Adults Living in Washington State	11
Evaluating policies to improve access to mental health services in rural areas	11
Access and attitudinal barriers to engagement in integrated primary care mental health treatment for rural populations	11
The Effect of Rural Residence on Cancer‐Related Self‐Efficacy With UK Cancer Survivors Following Treatment	11
Substance use disorders in the farming population: Scoping review	11
Geographic variability in rural patient internet connectivity when accessing telehealth services from home: A retrospective analysis during the COVID‐19 pandemic	10
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	10
Health‐related quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors: Evaluating the rural disadvantage	10
Trend in rural‐urban disparities in access to outpatient mental health services among US adults aged 18‐64 with employer‐sponsored insurance: 2005‐2018	10
Pipelines to Pathways: Medical School Commitment to Producing a Rural Workforce	10
“I've been to more of my friends’ funerals than I've been to my friends’ weddings”: Witnessing and responding to overdose in rural Northern New England	10
The Geographic Impact of Buprenorphine Expansion to Nurse Practitioner Prescribers in Oregon	10
Association between the geographic accessibility of PrEP and PrEP use among MSM in nonurban areas	10
A thematic analysis of the personal factors influencing mental health help‐seeking in farmers	9
Interstates of Infection: Preliminary Investigations of Human Mobility Patterns in the COVID‐19 Pandemic	9
Local Capacity for Emergency Births in Rural Hospitals Without Obstetrics Services	9
Interventions to address cancer‐related financial toxicity: Recommendations from the field	9
Improving colorectal cancer screening in rural primary care: Preliminary effectiveness and implementation of a collaborative mailed fecal immunochemical test pilot	9
Rural hospitals are not associated with worse postoperative outcomes for colon cancer surgery	9
Care coordination between rural primary care and telemedicine to expand medication treatment for opioid use disorder: Results from a single‐arm, multisite feasibility study	9
Perspectives of cancer prevention and control resources from stakeholders in rural southern Illinois	9
Rural and urban disparities in quality of home health care: A longitudinal cohort study (2014‐2018)	9
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Broadband access and telemedicine adoption for opioid use disorder treatment in the United States	8
Assessing the Effectiveness of Cancer Screening Interventions Targeting Appalachian Populations: A Systematic Review	8
An assessment of the rural‐urban differences in the crash response time and county‐level crash fatalities in the United States	8
Trends in rural‐urban disparities among surgical specialties treating cancer, 2004‐2017	8
Deploying an Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool for Diagnosis and Treatment of Pneumonia Into Rural and Critical Access Hospitals: Utilization, Effect on Processes of Care, and Clinician Satisf	8
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on rural and urban cancer patients' experiences, health behaviors, and perceptions	8
Disparities in telehealth access, not willingness to use services, likely explain rural telehealth disparities	8
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Rural and racial disparities in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in South Carolina, 1996 – 2016	8
Telephone veteran peer coaching for mental health treatment engagement among rural veterans: The importance of secondary outcomes and qualitative data in a randomized controlled trial	8
Mental health at the COVID‐19 frontline: An assessment of distress, fear, and coping among staff and attendees at screening clinics of rural/regional settings of Victoria, Australia	7
The interaction of rurality and rare cancers for travel time to cancer care	7
Availability of hospital‐based cancer services before and after rural hospital closure, 2008‐2017	7
Impact of rural hospital closures on hospitalizations and associated outcomes for ambulatory and emergency care sensitive conditions	7
The role of race in rural‐urban suicide disparities	6
Health information source use and trust among a vulnerable rural disparities population	6
Association of psychological distress with reasons for delay in seeking medical care in rural patients with worsening heart failure symptoms	6

Food Acquisition Practices, Body Mass Index, and Dietary Outcomes by Level of Rurality	6
Rural‐urban differences in uptake of diabetes self‐management education among Medicare beneficiaries: Results from the 2016 to 2018 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey	6
Home Radon Testing in Rural Appalachia	6
Disparities in early prenatal care and barriers to access among American Indian and white women in North Dakota	6
Broadband internet subscription rates and opioid prescribing via telemedicine during the COVID‐19 pandemic	6
Broadband access within Medically Underserved Areas and its implication for telehealth utilization	6
Rural communities face more than an opioid crisis: Reimagining funding assistance to address polysubstance use, associated health problems, and limited rural service capacity	6
Pipeline Programs Can Support Reforms in Medical Education: A Cohort Study of Alabama's Rural Health Leaders Pipeline to Engage Community Leaders	6
The Declining Scope of Practice of Family Physicians Is Limited to Urban Areas	6
Differences in chronic pain care receipt among veterans from differing racialized groups and the impact of rural versus urban residence	6
Farmer Suicide in Wisconsin: A Qualitative Analysis	6
Rural health disparities in health care utilization for dementia in Minnesota	5
Intergenerational transfer of occupational risks on family farms	5
Functional status in rural and urban adults: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging	5
Geographic differences in contraception provision and utilization among federally funded family planning clinics in South Carolina and Alabama	5
Stress and suicidal ideation among first‐generation farmers: A cross‐sectional study with 1,288 farmers in Georgia	5
Examining the association between rurality and positive childhood experiences among a national sample	5
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The rural identity scale: Development and validation	5
Rural disparities in end‐of‐life care for patients with heart failure: Are they due to geography or socioeconomic disparity?	5
Trends in access to care among rural patients served at HRSA‐funded health centers	5
Impact of mandatory COVID‐19 shelter‐in‐place order on controlled substance use among rural versus urban communities in the United States	5
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Understanding the relationship between social capital, health, and well‐being in a southern rural population	5
The effect of broadband access on electronic patient engagement activities: Assessment of urban‐rural differences	5
COVID‐19 vaccination willingness and uptake among rural Black/African American, Latino, and White adults	5
Influence of contextual factors on death by suicide in rural and urban settings	5
Association between emergency department pediatric readiness and transfer of noninjured children in small rural hospitals	5
Substance use disorder treatment and technology access among people who use drugs in rural areas of the United States: A cross‐sectional survey	5
Rurality impacts pain care for female veterans similarly to male veterans	5
Factors associated with perceived ease of access to syringes in Appalachian North Carolina	5
Improving cancer care locally: Study of a hospital affiliate network model	5
Rural‐urban trends in health care utilization, treatment, and mortality among US veterans with congestive heart failure: A retrospective cohort study	5
Rural adults’ perceived role of family members in prescription opioid misuse prevention: Implications for family‐based approaches	5
Factors associated with lack of care engagement among older, rural‐dwelling adults living with HIV in the United States	5
Rural/urban differences in access to paid sick leave among full‐time workers	5
Exploring rural doctors’ early experiences of coping with the emerging COVID‐19 pandemic	5