DataSet

Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Effectiveness of rural primary health care programs was measured in terms of patient access to medical care, stability of the health care programs, and the impact of program on those they served. General topics investigated in the surveys included program developmental methods, administrative structure, community setting, provider characteristics, financial policy, range of services offered, and consumer satisfaction.

Evaluation studies; program evaluation; program development; knowledge; attitudes; practice;patient satisfaction; ambulatory care; physicians; health facility administrators; governing board; decision making; organizational.

The collection consists of 15 data files, questionnaires, codebooks and has electronically accessible documentation 400 page ICPSR documentation. Frequencies is also provided.

The timeframe of this data set is 1979-1982.

mailed survey, personal interview, telephone survey

To determine what kinds of program development strategies prove most effective for health care programs in different communities.

Reference: Sheps CG, Wagner EH, Schonfeld WH, DeFriese GH, Bachar M, Brooks EF, Gillings DB, Guild PA, Konrad TR, McLaughlin CP, Ricketts TC, Seipp C, Stein JS. An evaluation of subsidized rural primary care programs: I. A typology of practice organizations. Am J Public Health. 1983 Jan;73(1):38-49. Ricketts TC, Konrad TR, Wagner EH. An evaluation of subsidized rural primary care programs: II. The environmental contexts. Am J Public Health. 1983 Apr;73(4):406-413. Ricketts TC, Guild PA, Sheps CG, Wagner EH. An evaluation of subsidized rural primary care programs: III. Stress and survival, 1981-82. Am J Public Health. 1984 Aug;74(8):816-819. McLaughlin CP, Ricketts TC, Freund DA, Sheps CG. An evaluation of subsidized rural primary care programs: IV. Impact of the rural hospital on clinic self-sufficiency. Am J Public Health. 1985 Jul;75(7):749-753.

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