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Receipt of influenza and pneumonia vaccinations: the dual disparity of rural minoritiesKevin J Bennett
Arnold School of Public Health, South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:1896-902. 2010..To examine the receipt of age-appropriate influenza and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccinations (PPV), with particular attention to rural minority persons...- Obesity among working age adults: the role of county-level persistent poverty in rural disparitiesKevin J Bennett
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
Health Place 17:1174-81. 2011..Both individual characteristics (race, age) and county-level food availability and access factors were found to be significantly related to obesity. Improved access to quality food may be beneficial to residents of impoverished areas... - Lower rehospitalization rates among rural Medicare beneficiaries with diabetesKevin J Bennett
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29203, USA
J Rural Health 28:227-34. 2012..We estimated the 30-day readmission rate of Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes, across levels of rurality... 
Subdividing the digital divide: differences in internet access and use among rural residents with medical limitationsJong Yi Wang
Department and Graduate Institute of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, No 91 Hsueh Shih Road, Taichung, Taiwan
J Med Internet Res 13:e25. 2011..The use of the Internet may be a way for these groups to seek care or information to support their health care needs...
Electronic medical record customization and the impact upon chart completion ratesKevin J Bennett
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina, SC, USA
Fam Med 42:338-42. 2010..The study's objective was to determine if alterations to the utility of an existing electronic medical record (EMR) application resulted in an improvement in clinical operations...- Families at financial risk due to high ratio of out-of-pocket health care expenditures to total incomeKevin J Bennett
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 21:691-703. 2010..Several groups, including racial/ethnic minority groups, the uninsured, rural residents, and those in poorer health are at risk for this increased burden... - Relative financial burden of health care expendituresKevin J Bennett
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29203, USA
Soc Work Public Health 25:6-16. 2010..Rural residents had a higher relative burden than urban residents, as did women and Whites. Important policy implications are discussed... - Personal and contextual factors that contribute to a higher out-of-pocket to total income ratioKevin J Bennett
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29203, USA
Rural Remote Health 10:1547. 2010..This analysis sought to define the out-of-pocket healthcare spending to total income ratio for rural residents, as well as to explore the impact of county-level factors that may contribute to urban-rural differences... - The effect of a carve-out advanced access scheduling system on no-show ratesKevin J Bennett
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina, SC 29203, USA
Fam Med 41:51-6. 2009..The purpose of this analysis is to assess the effect of moving to a carve-out model of an advanced access scheduling system on no-show rates in an academic practice... - Rural-urban differences in the location of influenza vaccine administrationKevin J Bennett
University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, 3209 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
Vaccine 29:5970-7. 2011..This study seeks to determine if rural residents differ from urban residents in where they obtain an influenza vaccination, and to determine what factors contribute to these differences... - Place of origin and violent disagreement among Asian American families: analysis across five StatesJong Yi Wang
Department and Graduate Institute of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, No 91 Hsueh Shih Road, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
J Immigr Minor Health 13:635-46. 2011..Asian-American families are not immune to potential family violence. Reducing parenting stress and intervening in culturally appropriate ways to reduce generation differences should be violence prevention priorities... - Missing the handoff: post-hospitalization follow-up care among rural Medicare beneficiaries with diabetesKevin J Bennett
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Columbia, University of South Carolina, South Carolina, USA
Rural Remote Health 12:2097. 2012..This care is more difficult in US rural areas due to lower physician and resource availability. The purpose of this analysis was to examine US urban-rural differences in 30 day post-discharge physician follow-up care... - Postpartum screening for diabetes among Medicaid-eligible South Carolina women with gestational diabetesNathan L Hale
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Womens Health Issues 22:e163-9. 2012..To examine the rate of timely postpartum screening for diabetes among Medicaid-eligible women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)... - Receipt of cancer screening services: surprising results for some rural minoritiesKevin J Bennett
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
J Rural Health 28:63-72. 2012..It is unknown how race/ethnicity and rurality intersect in these disparities. The purpose of this analysis is to examine the cancer screening rates among minorities in rural areas... - Acculturation, physical activity, and obesity among Hispanic adolescentsJihong Liu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina USC, Columbia, SC, USA
Ethn Health 14:509-25. 2009..Little is known about how acculturation may influence participation in leisure-time physical activity and obesity among adolescents. The objective of this study was to examine these associations among Hispanic adolescents... - Urban-rural differences in overweight status and physical inactivity among US children aged 10-17 yearsJihong Liu
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Rural Health 24:407-15. 2008..Few studies have examined the prevalence of overweight status and physical inactivity among children and adolescents living in rural America... - The impact of resident physician coverage on emergency department visits in South CarolinaKevin J Bennett
Department of Health Administration, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
South Med J 96:1195-202. 2003..This study examines emergency department (ED) visits to assess the potential impact on rural and minority patients if the practice of resident moonlighting was limited... - Diabetes care and outcomes: disparities across rural AmericaNathan L Hale
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, University of South Carolina, 220 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 204, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Community Health 35:365-74. 2010..Availability of specialty services and travel considerations could explain some of these differences... - Estimating uncompensated care charges at rural hospital emergency departmentsKevin J Bennett
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA
J Rural Health 23:258-63. 2007..Due to federal law, emergency departments (ED) provide a gateway for uninsured and self-pay patients to gain access to treatment. It is unknown how much uncompensated care in rural hospitals is due to ED visits... - Delivery complications associated with prenatal care access for Medicaid-insured mothers in rural and urban hospitalsSarah B Laditka
Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
J Rural Health 21:158-66. 2005..Pregnancy complications affect many women. It is likely that some complications can be avoided through routine primary and prenatal care of reasonable quality... - "PDSA-ADHD": a newly reported syndromeElizabeth G Baxley
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
J Am Board Fam Med 24:752-7. 2011..This case represents a clinical warning sign of quality improvement impairment and suggests a new variant of organizational attention deficit disorder...