This Rural Health Care Chartbook is part of a family of documents and tools that support the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (NHQDR). The NHQDR includes annual reports to Congress mandated in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129). These reports provide a comprehensive overview of the quality of healthcare received by the general U.S. population and disparities in care experienced by different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. The reports assess the performance of our health system and identify areas of strength and weakness in the healthcare system along four main axes: access to healthcare, quality of healthcare, disparities in healthcare, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) priority areas.

Contents

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• RURAL HEALTHCARE
  • Key Findings of the 2019 NHQDR
  • Chartbook on Rural Healthcare
  • NCHS Urban-Rural Classification Scheme
  • Residents of Rural Areas
  • Summary of Trends
  • Access to Healthcare
  • Patient Safety
  • Person-Centered Care
  • Care Coordination
  • Effective Treatment
  • Healthy Living
  • Affordability
  • Summary and Conclusion
  • References

Suggested citation:

National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Chartbook on Rural Healthcare. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2021. AHRQ Pub. No. 22-0010.