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  1. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/ccr/ed-ccr/ED_CCR_User_Guide_External_2012-2020.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - adjustment factor (GAF), which represents the capital cost adjustment index for Core-Based Statistical Areas … All rural areas in each State are combined for a single wage index.
  2. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/ccr/ed-ccr/ED-CCR-User-Guide_Public_FINAL.pdf
    October 01, 2022 - adjustment factor (GAF), which represents the capital cost adjustment index for Core-Based Statistical Areas … All rural areas in each State are combined for a single wage index.
  3. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/ccr/ed-ccr/EDCCR-UserGuide-2012-2019.pdf
    January 01, 2019 - adjustment factor (GAF), which represents the capital cost adjustment index for Core-Based Statistical Areas … All rural areas in each State are combined for a single wage index.
  4. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb113.jsp
    May 01, 2011 - Across all three types of maternal stays, the rate of stays was higher for women living in large urban areas … and rural areas (micropolitan and noncore) and lower for women living in medium and small metropolitan … areas (figure 3). … Center for Health Statistics: Large Central Metropolitan : Central counties of metropolitan areas … of 1 million or greater Large Fringe Metropolitan : Fringe counties of counties of metropolitan areas
  5. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2015-07.pdf
    January 01, 2015 - Location Census ERS Census ERS Census ERS WWAMI RHRC Health Professionals Shortage Areas … Nielsen uses intra-census methods to estimate household and demographic statistics for geographic areas … classifies U.S. counties by size of the largest city and nearness to metropolitan and micropolitan areas … On-going Data System Home Page: http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/ Health Professional Shortage Areas … The ten topical areas include: access to care, cost and affordability, coverage, health information
  6. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb279-Diabetes-Inpatient-Stays-2018.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - 4 ■ A higher percentage of stays involving diabetes were for patients from the lowest income areas … codes into the following three categories: Metropolitan (metro) area: • Counties in metro areas … of 1 million population or more • Counties in metro areas of 250,000 to 1 million population • Counties … in metro areas of fewer than 250,000 population Rural-adjacent to metro area: • Urban population
  7. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb84.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - About half of MVA-related visits were made by people residing in large metro areas, one-third in small … metro areas and the remaining in non-metro areas. … Non-MVA-related visits had a slightly lower percentage of patients from large metro areas and a slightly … higher percentage of people from non-metro areas.
  8. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb209-Geographic-Variation-Hospital-Inpatient-Prices.jsp
    August 01, 2016 - Geographic Variation in Hospital Inpatient List Prices in the United States, 2013 #209 An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Search All AHRQ Websites Careers Conta…
  9. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb121.jsp
    September 01, 2011 - Among COPD patients residing in the lowest income areas, the readmission rate was 22 percent higher than … among patients from the highest income areas (7.8 percent compared to 6.4 percent). … Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Washington Among COPD patients residing in the lowest income areas … readmission principally for COPD—about 22 percent higher than among patients from the highest income areas
  10. Section1 1 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2007/pdfs/section1_1.pdf
    January 01, 2007 - Most (87 percent) of hospitals are located in metropolitan areas, about half are teaching hospitals,
  11. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2012_01.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - Location Census ERS Census ERS Census ERS WWAMI RHRC Health Professionals Shortage Areas … classifies U.S. counties by size of the largest city and nearness to metropolitan and micropolitan areas … characteristics Geographic Entity: County Diseases and Health: Health Professional Shortage Areas … On-going Data System Home Page: http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/ Health Professional Shortage Areas … Urban-rural classification based on Census data Population Targeted: Populations in urban and rural areas
  12. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/ataglance/HCUPanalysisCA2017Wildfires.pdf
    August 19, 2019 - 3 2017 Northern California Wildfires Analysis All other California counties were grouped into ten areas
  13. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb193-Neonatal-Maternal-Hospitalizations-Substance-Use.pdf
    November 01, 2014 - substance use were less likely than other neonatal stays to be for neonates from large metropolitan areas … in communities with a lower median household income and less likely to occur in large metropolitan areas … , maternal stays related to substance use were less likely to be for women from large metropolitan areas … with 1 million or more residents • Small Metropolitan: Metropolitan areas with fewer than 1 million … residents • Micropolitan: Micropolitan areas adjacent and nonadjacent to metropolitan areas • Rural
  14. Ff 2009 Exhibit1 1 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2009/pdfs/FF_2009_exhibit1_1.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - Most hospital stays (86 percent) were in facilities located in metropolitan areas, nearly half were
  15. Section1 1 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2008/pdfs/section1_1.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - Most hospital discharges (87 percent) are from facilities located in metropolitan areas, nearly half
  16. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb167.jsp
    November 01, 2013 - diabetes-related ED visits that resulted in a hospital admission was similar across the metropolitan and rural areas … rate of diabetes-related ED visits that were treated and released was higher for patients from rural areas … metropolitan, or rural according to the following: Large Metropolitan: includes metropolitan areas … and counties of metropolitan areas with 1 million or more residents Small Metropolitan: includes areas
  17. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb137.pdf
    March 01, 2012 - West 3.9 3.8 44.1 71.0 692.4 701.0 Patient’s residence4 (rate per 10,000 population) Urban areas … 4.3 4.1 51.5 83.7 904.1 842.4 Rural areas 4.5 4.4 63.3 103.6 1,162.0 1,054.0 Community-level … rural according to the following: Urban: • Large Central Metropolitan: includes metropolitan areas … with 1 million or more residents • Large Fringe Metropolitan: includes counties of metropolitan areas … with 1 million or more residents • Medium and Small Metropolitan: includes areas with 50,000 to
  18. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb167.pdf
    September 01, 2013 - diabetes-related ED visits that resulted in a hospital admission was similar across the metropolitan and rural areas … rate of diabetes-related ED visits that were treated and released was higher for patients from rural areas … metropolitan, or rural according to the following: • Large Metropolitan: includes metropolitan areas … and counties of metropolitan areas with 1 million or more residents • Small Metropolitan: includes … areas with 50,000 to 999,999 residents • Rural: includes nonmetropolitan counties (i.e., counties
  19. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/hosp_location/nassnote.jsp
    August 01, 2019 - Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) NASS Notes An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services Search All AHRQ Websites Careers Contact Us Espanol FAQ…
  20. hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/CountyNeonatalAbstinenceSyndrome.pdf
    November 19, 2021 - across the United States is largely unknown.[10] Research suggests that NAS rates may be higher in areas … the Northeast, Midwest, and 1 Health Professional Shortage Area designations are used to identify areas … this threshold but have population group(s) with access barriers may be designated partial shortage areas … This may suggest that areas with greater access to buprenorphine-waivered physicians have more pregnant … Health professional shortage areas (HPSAs). https://bhw.hrsa.gov/shortage-designation/hpsas.

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