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Center for Rural Policy and Development

WEBThe Center for Rural Policy and Development, based in St. Peter, Minn., is a non-partisan, not-for-profit policy research organization dedicated to benefiting Minnesota by providing …

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Rural health care preview, part 3: What do we mean by “access”

WEBBy Kelly Asche. To watch a webinar presenting this research and a Q&A with healthcare experts, click here.. Before the COVID-19 crisis began, the Center for Rural …

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Hospital margins before the pandemic Center for Rural Policy and

WEBBy 2019, the average margin for hospitals in our entirely rural county group was -1.9% followed by -0.3% in our town/rural mix county groups. Figure 1: Margins are …

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COVID-19 in Rural Minnesota, by the numbers

WEBMarnie Werner, VP Research Whitney Oachs, Research Associate Kelly Asche, Research Associate Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, there has still been …

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Interconnected Rural-Urban Conversations: Examining Health Care …

WEBAccess to healthcare services is critical to good health, yet both rural and urban Minnesota residents face a variety of access barriers. When we talk about …

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Rural health care post-pandemic: Part 1 – Declining revenue for …

WEBRural hospitals are waging war on declining revenues on two fronts: the shift in payment philosophy and the lack of patients during the pandemic. By Kelly Asche …

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Identifying bottlenecks and roadblocks in the rural mental health

WEBA report in partnership with the Center for Rural Behavioral Health, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Marnie Werner, Vice President, Research, Center …

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Still relevant: The availability of mental health services in rural

WEBThere will be a lot of things to think about and a lot of things to fix, economically, socially, and perhaps even mentally. One topic that continued to crop up …

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The Suicide Epidemic in Rural Minnesota: How we got here and …

WEBA report in partnership with the Center for Rural Behavioral Health, Minnesota State University, Mankato. As suicide rates race upward, rural residents …

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Rural EMS: Taking the next step

WEBFigure 4: The percentage of EMS agencies outside of the seven-county metro that pay their staff an hourly wage or salary increases significantly as the …

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Rural Minnesota’s Health Care Workforce: Demographics, …

WEBRural M nnesota Journal Volume 2, Issue 1 When patients must go elsewhere for care, dollars and jobs go with them. One of every eight Minnesota private-sector jobs is in …

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Mental health services in Greater Minnesota Center for Rural …

WEBLimited resources are putting growing pressure on rural communities May 2017 By Marnie Werner, Research Director The mobile crisis and outreach teams of the …

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2020 State of Rural Minnesota report

WEBAll counties outside the Twin Cities area except Olmsted and Benton saw an out-migration of 25- to 29-year-olds. The percent change in the number of 30- to 34-year …

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Looking back to move forward – About aging in rural Minnesota

WEBIt’s the beginning of December, in one month 2020 will finally be over, and the 2021 legislature will begin looking at a Minnesota beyond COVID. Yes, there are still …

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Minnesota Public Radio: Mayo closes two more facilities, blames …

WEBEXCERPT: "Mayo Clinic on Wednesday announced it will close facilities in Springfield and Lamberton in southwestern Minnesota early next year, continuing a …

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The complex map of substance abuse in Minnesota

WEBWhile Minnesota deals with the deadly opioid epidemic in some parts of the state, policymakers need to keep in mind that substance abuse in general is widespread, and …

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Wages can go further in Greater Minnesota

WEBThe primary drivers behind the lower cost of living in rural Minnesota compared to the Twin Cities metro (Figure 2) are: Childcare: nearly $700/month in the …

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