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The Colorado Rural Health Center Library

The Colorado Rural Health Center strives to educate rural and urban individuals, organizations and policy-makers about important rural health issues through the creation of issue papers, fact sheets, maps and other publications.

Maps and information

  • Colorado Certified Rural Health Clinics
  • Colorado Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA)
  • Colorado Rural Hospitals
  • Colorado Rural, Urban, and Frontier Counties
  • Counties Without Hospitals
  • Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)
  • Facility-Types in Rural Counties
  • More Information on Rural Hospitals
  • Rural Counties With 2 Hospitals
  • Issue Papers

    The following issue papers were developed by the Colorado Rural Health Center
    and its statewide Rural Health Council as a means to educate others
    about key rural healthcare issues in Colorado. Each of these 1-2 page
    documents contain a description of the rural health problem, background
    information, and recommendations toward a solution. Below is a listing of issue papers that the Rural Health Council has created to date: back to top

  • Am I Rural? Fact Sheet on Rural Definitions
  • Creating a Rural Healthcare Workforce
  • EMS: Challenges in Rural Colorado
  • Health Insurance Access in Rural Colorado
  • Oral Health in Rural Colorado
  • Rural Communities and Growing Your Own
  • Long Term Care Facilities Paper
  • Colorado Prison Paper
  • Fact Sheets

    CRHC creates following fact sheets to provide basic information on specific rural health topics. Each of these one-page fact sheets contain a brief description of the topic and additional contact information or resources to obtain more in-depth knowledge on the subject. Below is a listing of CRHC fact sheets created to date: back to top

  • Availability of Physician Services in Hospitals
  • Colorado Indigent Care Program (CICP)
  • Colorado Provider Loan Repayment Programs
  • Critical Access Hospitals Fact Sheet
  • Evaluation of the J-1 & NIW Programs
  • Federal Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program
  • Federal Nursing Scholarship Program
  • Medical Malpractice Insurance in Colorado
  • National Rural Assistance Center (RAC)
  • Opt Out of Physician Supervision of Anesthetists
  • Prescription Assistance Programs
  • Rural Health Clinics Fact Sheet
  • Where Can I Get Health Data About My Community?
  • Other Publications

    • Snapshot of Rural Health in Colorado: The Colorado Rural Health Center has prepared this resource to highlight and advance interest in rural health issues into action in Colorado. A complete source listing is also available.

    • CRHC 2008 Annual Report

    • Office Guide to Communicating With Limited English Proficient Patients

    • County Profiles: These profiles were prepared by the Colorado Rural Health Center to provide an overview of the basic health services infrastructure and demographics in Colorado’s fourteen non-metropolitan counties without a hospital.

    • Rural Health Clinics: An Assessment of Data Capacity

    • Rural America at a Glance: 2007 USDA publication

    • CEO Turnover Study: A report stating that the CEO turnover rate among hospitals nationally in 2001 had decreased slightly to 15% although the CEO turnover rate for Colorado's 38 hospitals for 2001 was over 40% led to an examination of the factors that might contribute to this extraordinarily high turnover rate.

    • Am I Rural?: Defining what is rural and what is urban can be confusing with the various definitions by different government agencies. The Center provides a document that can help explain the definition of rurality in Colorado. Also, see the new Am I Rural? tool on the Rural Assistance Center's website!

    • Colorado Counties: 2000 Census Update

    • Long Term Care Facilities: A report on LTC challenges and solutions

    • Colorado Prison Study: Prison health statistics and their impact on the state's health data


    • "Rural Is..." Book

      Support the Colorado Rural Health Center and purchase your very own "Rural Is…" book! The "Rural Is…" book is a collection of real rural definitions such as, "You probably live in a rural area if you dial the wrong number and you still know the person who answers." Or "It's a rural area if the skyscrapers are all white and have COOP written on them."

    Developed in 1996 as a fundraiser for CRHC, this book has been used to embellish speeches, presentations, and even websites. We encourage you to use one of these clever definitions in your next presentation or purchase a book as a gift or stocking stuffer for your favorite guy or gal.

    "Rural Is…" books are only $10 and all proceeds benefit the Colorado Rural Health Center, Colorado's non-profit office of rural health.

    CRHC thanks COPIC Companies for all they do for rural Colorado and for printing this book for us.

    6/23/09

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