2024
Pediatric and Pregnancy-related Visits at Rural Health Clinics in 2018 among Medicaid/CHIP Enrollees in 20 States, Katherine A. Aherns MPH, PhD; Zachariah T. Croll; Yvonne Jonk PhD; John Gale; and Heidi O'Connor
Non-Urgent Use of Emergency Departments by Rural and Urban Adults, Erika Ziller PhD, Carly Milkowski, Zachariah Croll, and Yvonne Jonk PhD
2023
Rural Working-Age Adults Report More Cost Barriers to Health Care, Erika C. Ziller PhD; Carly Milkowski MPH; and Amanda Burgess MPPM, MPH
Rural-Urban Differences in Workers' Access to Paid Sick Leave., Erika Ziller PhD, Carly Milkowski MPH, Zachariah Croll, and Yvonne Jonk PhD
2022
Patterns of Health Care Use among Rural-Urban Medicare Beneficiaries Age 85 and Older, 2010-2017, Yvonne Jonk PhD, Heidi O'Connor MS, Amanda Burgess MPPM, and Carly Milkowski MPH
2021
The State of Health in Maine: A 20-Year Retrospective, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Carly Milkowski MPH, Amanda R. Burgess MPPM, and Barabara Leonard MPH
Health Insurance, Erica C. Ziller PhD and Yvonne Jonk PhD
2020
Telehealth Use in a Rural State: A Mixed-Methods Study Using Maine's All-Payer Claims Database., Yvonne Jonk PhD, Amanda Burgess MPPM, Martha Elbaum Williamson MPA, Deborah Thayer MBA, Jennifer A. MacKenzie, Catherine McGuire BS, Kimberley S Fox MPA, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Rebuilding the Foundation of Rural Community Health after COVID-19, John A. Gale MS, Alana Knudson, and Shena Popat
Health Care Use and Access among Rural and Urban Nonelderly Adult Medicare Beneficiaries, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Amanda Burgess MPPM, and Deborah Thayer MBA
2019
What Is Rural? Challenges and Implications of Definitions that Inadequately Encompass Rural People and Places., Kevin J Bennett PhD; Tyrone F Borders PhD; George M. Holmes PhD; Katy Backes Kozhimannil PhD, MPA; and Erika C. Ziller PhD
What to Expect with MaineCare Expansion [OpEd], Zachariah T. Croll BA
Association Between Rurality and Lung Cancer Treatment Characteristics and Timeliness, Kathleen M Fairfield MD, MPH, DrPH; Adam W. Black; F. Lee Lucas PhD; Kimberly Murray MPP; Erika C. Ziller PhD; Neil Korsen MDMS; Leo B. Waterston MA; and Paul K. J. Han MD, MA, MPH
Rural Health in Maine and America vs. the World, Erika C. Ziller PhD and Yvonne Jonk PhD
Growing Up Rural [Podcast], Erika C. Ziller PhD and Yvonne Jonk PhD
How Did We Get Here? Rural Health Challenges in America [Podcast], Erika C. Ziller PhD and Yvonne Jonk PhD
Preventive Health Service Use among Rural Women, Erika C. Ziller PhD; Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS; Nathan Paluso MPH; and Jaclyn Janis BSN, RN
Health Status and Access to Care among Maine's Low-Income Childless Adults: Implications for State Medicaid Expansion, Zachariah T. Croll MPH and Erika C. Ziller PhD
2018
Assessing the Unintended Consequences of Health Policy on Rural Populations and Places, Keith J. Mueller PhD; Charles Alfero MA; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; Jennifer P. Lundblad PhD, MBA; A. Clinton MacKinney MD, MS; Timothy D. McBride PhD; and Paula Weigel PhD
Access to Health Care Services for Adults in Maine [Policy Brief], Erika C. Ziller PhD, Barbara Leonard MPH, Amanda Burgess MPPM, and Nathan Paluso MPH
Medicaid Income Eligibility Transitions Among Rural Adults, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Deborah Thayer, and Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS
Health Equity Challenges in Rural America, Erika C. Ziller PhD and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Low-Income, Uninsured Mainers Face Substantial Challenges Getting Health Care, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Amanda Burgess MPPM, and Barbara Leonard MPH
2017
Innovations in Rural Health System Development: Federally Qualified Health Center Initiatives, Sara Kahn-Troster MPH, Amanda Burgess MPPM, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Knowledge of Health Insurance Concepts and the Affordable Care Act among Rural Residents, Erika C. Ziller PhD
The Role of Public versus Private Health Insurance in Ensuring Health Care Access & Affordability for Low-Income Rural Children, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, and Amanda Burgess MPPM
Mental Health Status and Access to Health Care Services for Adults in Maine, Erika C. Ziller PhD and Barbara Leonard MPH
2016
Innovations in Rural Health System Development: Maine's Behavioral Health Services, Amanda Burgess MPPM and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Innovations in Rural Health System Development: Service Delivery Advances in Care Coordination, Emergency Care, and Telehealth, Amanda Burgess MPPM and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Innovations in Rural Health System Development: Recruiting and Retaining Maine's Health Care Workforce, Amanda Burgess MPPM and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Innovations in Rural Health System Development: Moving Rural Health Systems to Value-based Payment, Sara Kahn-Troster MPH and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Innovations in Rural Health System Development: Governance, Sara Kahn-Troster MPH and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Access to Health Care Services for Adults in Maine [Report], Erika C. Ziller PhD
Health Insurance CO-OPs: Product Availability and Premiums in Rural Counties, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Zachariah T. Croll BA, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Maine Rural Health Profiles: A Statewide View of Rural Health, Sara Kahn-Troster MPH, Amanda Burgess MPPM, Andrew F. Coburn PhD, Ryan Wallace MRP, Zachariah T. Croll BA, and Rachel M. Gallo MPH
Health Information Exchange: A Strategy for Improving Access for Rural Veterans in the Maine Flex Rural Veterans Health Access, Karen B. Pearson MLIS, MA; Amanda Burgess MPPM; John A. Gale MS; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; and Anush Yousefian Hansen MS, MA
2015
Out-of-Pocket Spending among Rural Medicare Beneficiaries, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Rural Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries Spend More out-of-Pocket Than Their Urban Counterparts, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Rural Adults Delay, Forego, and Strategize to Afford Their Pre-ACA Health Care, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Built environments and active living in rural and remote areas: A review of the literature, Anush Yousefian Hansen MS, MA; M. Renée Umstattd Meyer; Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS; and David Hartley PhD, MHA
Promoting Active Living in Rural Communities, Anush Yousefian Hansen MS, MA and David Hartley PhD, MHA
Rural and Remote Food Environments and Obesity, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS; Anush Yousefian Hansen MS, MA; and David Hartley PhD
2014
Advancing the Transition to a High Performance Rural Health System, Charles Alfero MA; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; Jennifer P. Lundblad PhD, MBA; A. Clinton MacKinney MD, MS; Timothy D. McBride PhD; and Keith J. Mueller PhD
Implications of rurality and psychiatric status for diabetic care use among adults with diabetes, Jean A. Talbot PhD, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, and David Hartley PhD
Rural residents more likely to be enrolled in high-deductible health plans, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, Erika C. Ziller PhD, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
High Deductible Health Insurance Plans in Rural Areas, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, Erika C. Ziller PhD, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Rural implications of ACA Medicaid expansions, Erika C. Ziller PhD
Health insurance coverage of low-income rural children increases and is more continuous following CHIP implementation, Erika C. Ziller PhD
Access to Medical Care in Rural America, Erika C. Ziller PhD
2013
Rural Considerations in Establishing Network Adequacy Standards for Qualified Health Plans in State and Regional Health Insurance Exchanges, Jean A. Talbot PhD, Andrew F. Coburn PhD, Erika C. Ziller PhD, and Zachariah T. Croll BA
Rural vets: Their barriers, problems, needs, John A. Gale MS and Hilda R. Heady
Children's health policy: Promising starts, disappointing outcomes, Elizabeth Kilbreth PhD and Erika C. Ziller PhD
2012
Health Care Access and Use Among the Rural Uninsured [Article], Erika C. Ziller PhD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Development of the Rural Active Living Perceived Environmental Support Scale (RALPESS), M. Reneé Umstattd PhD; Stephanie L. Baller; Erin Hennessy MPH; David Hartley PhD, MHA; Christina D. Economos PhD; Raymond R. Hyatt PhD; Anush MS, MA Yousefian; and Jeffrey S. Hallam PhD
Rural Implications of Geographic Rating of Health Insurance Premiums, Andrew F. Coburn PhD, Erika C. Ziller PhD, Zachariah T. Croll BA, and Elizabeth Kilbreth PhD
Pursuing High Performance in Rural Health Care, A. Clinton MacKinney MD, MS; Keith J. Mueller PhD; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; Jennifer P. Lundblad PhD, MBA; Timothy D. McBride PhD; and Sidney D. Watson JD
2011
How Does the Rural Food Environment Affect Rural Childhood Obesity?, David Hartley PhD, MHA; Nathaniel J. Anderson MS, MPH; Kimberley Fox MPH; and Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS
Health Care Access and Use Among the Rural Uninsured [Policy Brief], Erika C. Ziller PhD, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Providing Better Care at Lower Cost: Building Maine's health data infrastructure to support financing and delivery system reform, Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Promoting Healthy Partnerships with Rural Communities, David Hartley PhD, MHA
2010
Impact of Employment Transitions on Health Insurance Coverage of Rural Residents, Nathaniel J. Anderson MS, MPH; Erika C. Ziller PhD; Melanie M. Race MS; and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Racial, socioeconomic, and rural-urban disparities in obesity-related bariatric surgery, Amy E. Wallace, Yinong Young-Xu, David Hartley PhD, and William B. Weeks
Rural America: A look beyond the images, John A. Gale MS
Access to rural mental health services: Service use and out-of-pocket costs, Erika C. Ziller PhD; Nathaniel J. Anderson MS, MPH; and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Development of the Rural Active Living Assessment Tools: Measuring rural environments, Anush Yousefian Hansen MS, MA; Erin Hennessey MPH; M. Renee Umstattd PhD; Christina Economos PhD; Jeffrey S. Hallam PhD; Raymond R. Hyatt PhD; and David Hartley PhD, MHA
The Cost of Defensive Medicine in the United States, J. William Thomas PhD, Erika C. Ziller PhD, and Deborah Thayer MBA
2009
Health Insurance Profile Indicates Need to Expand Coverage in Rural Areas, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS; Erika C. Ziller PhD; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; and Nathaniel J. Anderson MS, MPH
Profile of rural health insurance coverage: A chartbook, Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS, Erika C. Ziller PhD, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Active Living for Rural Youth: Addressing Physical Inactivity in Rural Communities, Anush Yousefian Hansen MS, MA; Erika C. Ziller PhD; Jon Swartz BA; and David Hartley PhD, MHA
Private health insurance in rural areas: Challenges and opportunities, Erika C. Ziller PhD and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
The 2009 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Services Issues, National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Rural coverage gaps decline following public health insurance expansions, Erika C. Ziller PhD and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Rural-urban differences in health care access vary across measures, Erika C. Ziller PhD and Jennifer D. Lenardson MHS
2008
The Underinsured in Rural America: The Root of the Problem and Possible Solutions, Andrew F. Coburn PhD and Erika C. Ziller PhD
Consolidated imaging: Implementing a regional health information exchange system for radiology in Southern Maine, Stephanie L. Loux MS, Robert Coleman BS, Matthew Ralston MD, and Andrew F. Coburn PhD
Uninsured Rural Families, Erika C. Ziller PhD; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; Nathaniel J. Anderson MS, MPH; and Stephanie L. Loux MS
2007
Rural Families More Likely to be Uninsured and Have Different Sources of Coverage, Erika C. Ziller PhD; Andrew F. Coburn PhD; Nathaniel J. Anderson MS, MPH; and Stephanie L. Loux MS
The Two-Edged Scalpel: Health Care and the Rural Economy, Charles S. Colgan PhD and David Hartley PhD, MHA
Choosing Rural Definitions: Implications for Health Policy, Andrew F. Coburn PhD; A. Clinton MacKinney MD, MS; Timothy D. McBride PhD; Keith J. Mueller PhD; Rebecca T. Slifkin PhD; and Mary K. Wakefield PhD, RN
2006
Rural Residents More Likely to Be Underinsured, Erika Ziller, Andrew Coburn, and Anush Yousefian
2005
Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health, Institute of Medicine; Committee on the Future of Rural Health Care; Board on Health Care Services
2003
Health Insurance Coverage of the Rural and Urban Near Elderly, Erika Ziller and Andrew Coburn
2002
Patterns of health insurance coverage among rural and urban children [Article], Andrew F. Coburn PhD, Timothy D. McBride PhD, and Erika C. Ziller PhD
1998
Employer-based Health Insurance Coverage of Workers: Are Rural Firms and Workers Different?, Andrew F. Coburn and Elizabeth Kilbreth
1994
Small and Rural: The Double Jeopardy in Expanding Employer-Based Health Insurance Coverage, Elizabeth Kilbreth, Andrew F. Coburn, and Marc Agger
Health Insurance Coverage Among Small Rural and Urban Businesses, Elizabeth Kilbreth, Andrew F. Coburn, and Marc Agger
