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Case Studies and Site Visits

NORC team members have conducted case studies in numerous projects for clients when seeking to explore a phenomenon within its real-life context. These projects often use multiple data collection methods (including focus groups, interviews, questionnaires, and direct observations) to examine a system of action, considering all the relevant groups of actors and the interactions between them. This methodology allows researchers to triangulate across data types and sources, arriving at a fuller picture of a given system or phenomenon within a given population

Representative Projects

Impact of the Home Health PPS on Access in Rural America. Under the PPS, home care agencies are reimbursed based on a 60-day episode of care, with adjustments to the base payment that reflect differences in resource needs. More

Involvement of State Offices of Rural Health in Emergency Preparedness Activities. In 2002, the federal Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) released its report on emergency preparedness in rural communities as perceived by directors of state offices of rural health. More

Medicare Beneficiary Outcomes in Rural and Urban Home Health Agencies. This study was conducted to determine whether rural and urban home care agencies differ in terms of patient care outcomes, and to ascertain whether there are agency characteristics that are associated with better or worse outcomes. More

Roadmap for the Adoption of Health Information Technology in Rural Communities. The goal of this project was to develop a reference document that would be provided to attendees at the Office of Rural Health Policy's September 2006 conference and widely distributed to other interested parties following the conference. Based on a review of the relevant literature as well as exhaustive review of relevant web sites, this document compiles information designed to help all types of rural health care providers along the road to adoption of health information technology. More

Rural Health Research and Policy Center. The center was funded through the Rural Health Research Center Program in the Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. More

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