Rural Health

"Hit or Miss": Rural Veterans' Experiences Receiving Community Mental Health Care

Interviews with 30 rural Veterans about their experiences receiving VHA-purchased community mental health care, highlighting both improved access and persistent quality and continuity concerns.

Predictors of Inpatient RN Turnover in Rural and Urban VHA Hospitals

A national study of inpatient RN turnover across rural and urban VHA hospitals, finding that individual RN characteristics and care delivery structure, not rurality itself, drive most of the variation in turnover.