From rhoskins@home.com Mon Apr 17 12:08:50 2000 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id MAA37784 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:08:50 -0700 Received: from mail.rdc1.wa.home.com (imail@ha1.rdc1.wa.home.com [24.0.2.66]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id MAA31206 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:08:49 -0700 Received: from c501552a ([24.5.121.123]) by mail.rdc1.wa.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.00 201-229-116) with SMTP id <20000417190848.SULR7733.mail.rdc1.wa.home.com@c501552a> for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:08:48 -0700 Message-ID: <007b01bfa8a0$5c9beea0$7b790518@olmpi1.wa.home.com> From: "Dick Hoskins" To: References: <213895AE8149D3118D9500508B0F20A0010DBB44@mail2.doh.wa.gov> Subject: Re: WAPHGIS: rural versus urban Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:08:48 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0078_01BFA865.B024ACA0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0078_01BFA865.B024ACA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I found Vince Schueler's frecommended Definitions of Rural: A handbook = for Health Policy Makers and Researchers (1998) by Ricketts, Johnson-Web and Taylor at = www.schsr.unc.edu/research_programs/Rural_Program/ruralit.pdf Dick Hoskins rhoskins@home.com GIS uses in public health summer course: http://healthlinks.washington.edu/inpho/gis/course.html ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Schueler, Vince" To: Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 9:41 AM Subject: RE: WAPHGIS: rural versus urban >=20 > The Beale Codes are the same as Rural-Urban Continuum codes. These are = based > on a combination of population and commuting flows. An effort is = currently > underway funded by the Economic Research Service at USDA and The = Office of > Rural Health Policy at DHHS to apply these definitions at the census = tract > or zip code level. The work is being done by John Cromartie at the = ERS and > Dick Morrill of the University of Washington. This work is close to = be > completed. The effort to translate/match census tracts results to zip = codes > is what seems to be left. These sub-county definitions have been used = in > some limited cases and are referenced in the Balanced Budget = Refinement Act > of 1999. >=20 > A similar system county-based system has also been developed by the = ERS > called USDA Urban Influence Codes using nine codes. Urban Influence = codes > are based on the county's largest city and proximity to counties with = large > urban populations. Some (see below) have argued that the Urban = Influence > system does a better tool for health policy analysis as this system = seems to > better reflect the structure of health care services. However, the = "best" > method probably depends on what problem you are trying to solve. I = haven't > seen a discussion of what system might work best for epidemiological > studies.=20 >=20 > I highly recommend Definitions of Rural: A handbook for Health Policy = Makers > and Researchers (1998) by Ricketts, Johnson-Web and Taylor that was > commissioned by The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. It has one = of > the best and most succinct discussions of the multitude of methods for > classifying rural and urban I have seen. >=20 > It is available by calling (301) 656-3100 or (301) 652-5264 (Fax) or = snail > mail=20 >=20 > Equals Three Communications > Attn: ORHP > 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 200 > Bethesda, MD 20814-3015 >=20 >=20 > =20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0078_01BFA865.B024ACA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I found Vince Schueler's frecommended = Definitions=20 of Rural: A handbook for Health Policy Makers
 and Researchers=20 (1998) by Ricketts, Johnson-Web and Taylor  at www.schsr.unc.edu/research_programs/Rural_Program/ruralit.pdf
 
 
Dick Hoskins
rhoskins@home.com
GIS uses in = public health=20 summer course:
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/inpho/gis/course.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Schueler, Vince" <Vince.Schueler@DOH.WA.GOV>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 9:41 AM
Subject: RE: WAPHGIS: rural versus = urban

>
> The Beale Codes are the same = as=20 Rural-Urban Continuum codes. These are based
> on a combination of = population and commuting flows.  An effort is currently
> = underway=20 funded by the Economic Research Service at USDA and The Office = of
> Rural=20 Health Policy at DHHS to apply these definitions at the census = tract
> or=20 zip code level.  The work is being done by John Cromartie at the = ERS=20 and
> Dick Morrill of the University of Washington.  This = work is=20 close to be
> completed.  The effort to translate/match = census tracts=20 results to zip codes
> is what seems to be left.  These = sub-county=20 definitions have been used in
> some limited cases and are = referenced in=20 the Balanced Budget Refinement Act
> of 1999.
>
> A = similar=20 system county-based system has also been developed by the ERS
> = called=20 USDA Urban Influence Codes using nine codes.  Urban Influence = codes
>=20 are based on the county's largest city and proximity to counties with=20 large
> urban populations.  Some (see below) have argued that = the=20 Urban Influence
> system does a better tool for health policy = analysis as=20 this system seems to
> better reflect the structure of health care = services. However, the "best"
> method probably depends on what = problem=20 you are trying to solve. I haven't
> seen a discussion of what = system=20 might work best for epidemiological
> studies.
>
> I = highly=20 recommend Definitions of Rural: A handbook for Health Policy = Makers
> and=20 Researchers (1998) by Ricketts, Johnson-Web and Taylor that was
>=20 commissioned by The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.  It has = one=20 of
> the best and most succinct discussions of the multitude of = methods=20 for
> classifying rural and urban I have seen.
>
> It = is=20 available by calling (301) 656-3100 or (301) 652-5264  (Fax) or=20 snail
> mail
>
> Equals Three Communications
> = Attn:=20 ORHP
> 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 200
> Bethesda, MD=20 20814-3015
>
>
>  
>
>
> =
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