KHI has released its third statewide health impact assessment about impacts related to a possible increase in the number of large-scale swine and dairy operations.
Read MoreThe health care difficulties that rural areas face are unique from their urban counterparts. On top of limited staff sizes and finances, rural areas face the additional burden of long distances between health care providers and their constituents. This document describes how rural areas fared in the 2009 Kansas County Health Rankings.
Read MoreMore than 15 percent of the patients served by a free dental clinic early this year reported they have never been to a dentist.
Read MoreMarch, 2006 - Roughly one-half of all local public health departments in the United States are both small and rural. Sixty percent of local health departments that responded to a survey in 2000 said they were located in a non-metropolitan area, the designation for “rural” developed by the Office of Management and Budget and used for policy purposes by agencies such as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Forty-eight percent of local public health departments were categorized as “rural” in 2002 using a more refined definition, Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes. One-half of local health departments responding to the 2000 survey served populations of fewer than 25,000 people, and 69 percent served populations of fewer than 50,000 people.
Read MoreKansas Mission of Mercy (KMOM), a free dental clinic sponsored by the Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation, served more than 2,000 patients on the campus of Pittsburg State University from April 30 through May 2, 2004. This report analyzes data from an exit survey given to participants of the clinic.
Read MoreThe population of frontier and rural counties of Kansas has declined every decade since 1930. If this trend continues, health services in these areas may become economically unsustainable.
Read MoreThe purpose of this project was to establish a rural health policy agenda for Kansas. A multi-disciplinary task force of approximately 20 members from across the state identified and ranked rural health issues. For the top-ranked issues, the task force suggested policy initiatives for dealing with the issues.
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