OBJECTIVES This report details development of the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics' (NCHS) Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties (update of the 2006 NCHS scheme) and applies it to health measures to demonstrate urban-rural health differences. METHODS The methodology used to construct the 2013 NCHS scheme was the same as that used for the 2006 NCHS scheme, but 2010 census-ba...

209. Results of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention Involving Surgical Subspecialty Patients Kati Shihadeh, PharmD; Michelle Haas, MD; Philip Mehler, MD; Marcia Eustaquio, MD; Timothy Jenkins, MD; University of Colorado Skagg’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aurora, CO; Acute Care Pharmacy, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO; Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Denver Hea...

*College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, †Occupational Medicine Residency Director, College of Medicine, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, and ‡Allbright Health Care Center, Cincinnati Health Department, Cincinnati, Ohio Reprint Address: Donna M. Gates, EDD, RN, FAAN, College of Nursing, 3110 Vine Stree...

BACKGROUND The World Health Organization (WHO) recently developed growth standards to overcome the limitations of previous references. AIM The aim of this study was to compare the growth patterns of a cohort of children using the National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS), the Centre for Disease Control (CDC), and WHO 2006 references/standards, and to evaluate the implications of adopting W...

BACKGROUND Underinsured children are covered by private health insurance that does not cover the cost of vaccines, are not entitled to receive publicly purchased vaccines at no cost through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program unless they receive doses at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or a Rural Health Center (RHC), may be referred by their primary care providers to health depar...

Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) have emerged as laboratories in which to address important primary care challenges. In 2011, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's PBRN database included more than 130 networks, most regional and some national, with member practices in every state. Regional networks may have certain advantages over national networks with respect to practice re...