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Number	Title	Year	Full Text Version	Research & Policy Brief
38	Rural-Urban Differences in Work Patterns Among Adults with Depressive Symptoms	2008	Working Paper under review
37	Active Living for Rural Youth	2008	Journal article under review
36	Rural Inpatient Psychiatric Units	2007	Working Paper under review
35	Substance Abuse Among Rural Youth	2007	Working Paper under review
34	Uninsured Rural Families	2007	Published. See citation below
33	Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending and the Rural Underinsured	2005	Published. See citation below
32	Mental Health Encounters in Critical Access Hospital Emergency Rooms: A National Survey	2005
31	Are Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses a Solution to Rural Mental Health Workforce Shortages?	2004
30	The Role of Community Mental Health Centers As Rural Safety Net Providers	2002
29	State licensure laws and the mental health professions: Implications for the rural mental health workforce	2002
28	Diabetes and the Rural Safety Net	2002
27	Health Insurance Coverage of the Rural and Urban Near Elderly	2003
26	Patterns of health insurance coverage among rural and urban children	2001
25	Admission severity and mortality rates among urban and rural nursing facility residents with dementia	2001
24	Medicaid managed behavioral health in rural areas	2001
23	Addressing mental health workforce needs in underserved rural areas: Accomplishments and challenges	2001
22	Rural long term care integration: Developing service capacity	2000
21	Financing and payment issues in rural long term care integration	2000
20	Models for integrating and managing acute and long-term care services in rural areas	2000
19	Creating affordable rural housing with services: Strategies and options	2000
18	The development of affordable non-medical residential care in rural areas: Perceptions and observations	2000
17	Multiple hospitalizations among nursing home residents: Is rural residence a risk factor?	1999
16	Effects of managed mental health care on service use in rural areas	1998
15	Best practices in rural Medicaid managed behavioral health	1998	Document
14	How Do Community-Residing Older Rural Medicaid Beneficiaries With Depression Use Mental Health and General Health Services?	1998
13	Urban-Rural Differences in Employer-Based Health Insurance Coverage of Workers	1998
12	Treatment and Outcomes Among Rural and Urban Nursing Home Residents with Depression	1998
11	Does Access to Mental Health Services for Rural and Urban Nursing Home Residents with Depression Differ?	1998
10	Rural Models for Integrating and Managing Acute and Long-Term Care Services	1998
9	Medicaid Mental Health Carve-Outs: Impact and Issues in Rural Areas	1998
8	Differences in Nursing Home Discharge Rates for Urban and Rural Nursing Facility with Residents Hip Fracture	1997
7	How Do Primary Care Practitioners Manage Depression, Treatment or Referral	1996
6	Service Use of Rural and Urban Medicaid Beneficiaries with Depression	1996
5	Rural Models for Integrating Primary Care, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Treatment Services	1995
4	Access of Rural Medicaid Beneficiaries to Mental Health Services	1994		972 KB
3	Integrating Primary Care and Mental Health Services in Rural America: A Policy Review and Conceptual Framework	1995
2	Variations in Outcomes of Care in Urban and Rural Nursing Facilities in Maine	1994
1	Health Insurance Coverage Among Small Rural and Urban Businesses	1994

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Other Publications

2008

Hanrahan, N. P., & Hartley, D. (2008). Employment of advanced-practice psychiatric nurses to stem rural mental health workforce shortages. Psychiatric Services, 59(1), 109-111.

Ziller, E.C., Coburn, A.F., Anderson, N.J., & Loux, S.L. (2008). Uninsured rural families. The Journal of Rural Health, 24(1), 1-11.

2007

Coburn, A. F., MacKinney, A. C., McBride, T. D., Mueller, K. J., Slifkin, R. T., & Wakefield, M. K. (2007, March). Choosing rural definitions: Implications for health policy. (Issue Brief #2). Omaha, NE: Rural Policy Research Institute Health Panel.

Colgan, C., & Hartley, D. (2007). The two-edged scalpel: Health care and the rural economy. In D. Vail, & L. Pohlmann (Eds.), Health care and tourism: A lead sector strategy for rural Maine. (pp. 53-72). Augusta, ME: Maine Center for Economic Policy. http://www.mecep.org

Gale, J.A., Coburn, A.F., Freeman, V., Gregg, W.R., & Slifkin, R. (2007, February). The community impact of Critical Access Hospitals. (Policy Brief No. 2). Portland, ME: Flex Monitoring Team.

Gale, J., Coburn, A.F., Gregg, W., Slifkin, R., & Freeman, V. (2007, January). Exploring the community impact of Critical Access Hospitals. (Briefing Paper No. 14). Portland, ME: Flex Monitoring Team.

Gale, J., Lenardson, J., Race, M., et al. (2007, December). State initiatives funded by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Grant Program. (Policy Brief #3). Portland, ME: Flex Monitoring Team.

Hartley, D., Ziller, E., Loux, S., Gale, J., Lambert, D., & Yousefian, A. E. (2007). Use of Critical Access Hospital emergency rooms by patients with mental health symptoms. Journal of Rural Health, 23(2), 108-115.

Lambert, D., & Brennan, M. (2007, January). Mental health and substance abuse in Maine: Building a community-based system. (Issue Brief). Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service and the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine.

Lenardson, J. D., & Hartley, D. (2007, January). Maine's rural health challenges. (Issue Brief). Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service and the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine.

2006

Casey, M., Wakefield, M., Coburn, A. F., Moscovice, I., & Loux, S. (2006, December). Prioritizing patient safety interventions in small rural hospitals. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 32(12), 693-702.

Coburn, A. F., Loux, S. L., & Bolda, E. J. (2006). Rural hospitals and long-term care: The challenges of diversification and integration strategies. In R. T. Goins, & J. A. Krout (Eds.), Service delivery to rural older adults: Research, policy, and practice. (pp. 103-122). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co.

Gale, J. A., & Lambert, D. (2006). Mental health care in rural communities: The once and future role of primary care. North Carolina Medical Journal, 67(1), 66-70.

Lambert, D., & Gale, J. A. (2006, October). Integrating primary care and mental health: Current practices in rural community health centers. Kansas City, MO: National Rural Health Association.

Patterson, D. D., Gale, J. A., Loux, S., Yousefian, A. E., & Slifkin, R. T. (2006). Emergency Medical Services (EMS) activities funded by the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program. (Report No. Briefing Paper No. 8). Portland, ME: The Flex Monitoring Team.

Pearson, K. B. (Ed). (2006). Rural health research in progress in the Rural Health Research Centers Program. (10th ed.). Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy, Maine Rural Health Research Center.

Sawyer, D., Gale, J. A., & Lambert, D. (2006). Rural and frontier mental and behavioral health care: Barriers, effective policy strategies, best practices. Waite Park, MN: National Association of Rural Mental Health.

Ziller, E. C., Coburn, A. F., & Yousefian, A. E. (2006, Nov/Dec.). Out-of-pocket health spending and the rural underinsured. Health Affairs, 25(6), 1688-1699.

2005

Institute of Medicine. Committee on the Future of Rural Health Care. Board on Health Care Services. (2005). Quality through collaboration: The future of rural health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Contributors include Andrew Coburn and David Hartley.

Loux, S. L., Payne, S. M. C., & Knott, A. (2005). Comparing patient safety in rural hospitals by bed count. In Advances in patient safety: From research to implementation. (Vols. 1-4), (pp. 391-402). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Mueller, K. J., Coburn, A. F., MacKinney, A. C., McBride, T. D., Slifkin, R. T., & Wakefield, M. K. (2005). Understanding the impacts of the Medicare Modernization Act: Concerns of congressional staff. Journal of Rural Health, 21(3), 194-197.

Pearson, K. B. (Ed). (2005). Rural health research in progress in the Rural Health Research Centers Program. (9th ed.). Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy, Maine Rural Health Research Center.

2004

Coburn, A. F., Wakefield, M., Casey, M., Moscovice, I., Payne, S. M. C., & Loux, S. (2004). Assuring rural hospital patient safety: What should be the priorities? Journal of Rural Health, 20(4), 314-326.

Hartley, D. (2004). Rural health disparities, population health, and rural culture. American Journal of Public Health, 94(10), 1675-1678.

Hartley, D., & Loux, S. (2005, March). Scope of services offered by Critical Access Hospitals: Results of the 2004 National CAH survey. (Briefing Paper #5). Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy, Maine Rural Health Research Center.

Lambert, D. (2004). Fighting stigma in rural areas: What's different? What works? [Web Page]. URL http://www.adscenter.org/memoranda/fall2004.htm [2004, December 14].

Pearson, K. B. (Ed.). (2004). Rural health research in progress in the Rural Health Research Centers Program (8th ed.). Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy, Maine Rural Health Research Center.

Pearson, K. B. (Ed). (2004). Rural health research in progress: Project Summaries. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy, Maine Rural Health Research Center.

Pink, G. H., Slifkin, R. T., Coburn, A. F., & Gale, J. A. (2004). Comparative performance data for critical access hospitals. Journal of Rural Health, 20(4), 374-382.

Ziller, E. C., Coburn, A. F., McBride, T. D., & Andrews, C. (2004). Patterns of individual health insurance coverage, 1996-2000. Health Affairs, 23(6), 210-221.

2003

Coburn, A. F., & Bolda, E. J. (2003). Rural hospitals and long-term care: Can we save hospitals and build an integrated acute and long-term care system? In R. J. Ham, R. T. Goins, & D. K. Brown (Eds.), Best practices in service delivery to the rural elderly (pp. 79-94). Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Center on Aging.

Coburn, A. F., Bolda, E. J., & Keith, R. G. (2003). Variations in nursing home discharge rates for urban and rural nursing facility residents with hip fracture. Journal of Rural Health,19(2), 148-155.

Gale, J. A., & Coburn, A. F. (2003, January). The characteristics and roles of Rural Health Clinics in the United States: A chartbook. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy, Maine Rural Health Research Center.

Gale, J. A., & Deprez, R. D. (2003). A public health approach to the challenges of rural mental health service integration. In B. H. Stamm (Ed.), Behavioral healthcare in rural and frontier areas: An interdisciplinary handbook . Washington, DC: APA Books.

Hartley, D., & Gale, J. (2003). Rural health care safety nets. In R. M. Weinick, & J. Billings (Eds.), Monitoring the health care safety net. Book III: Tools for monitoring the health care safety net. (pp. 117-127). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, AHRQ Pub. No. 03-0027.

Lambert, D., Donahue, A., Mitchell, M., & Strauss, R. (2003). Rural mental health outreach: Promising practices in rural areas. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services.

Lambert, D., Gale, J., Bird, D. C., & Hartley, D. (2003). Medicaid managed behavioral health in rural areas. Journal of Rural Health, 19(1), 22-32.

Pearson, K. (Ed.). (2003, March). Rural health research in progress in the Rural Health Resarch Centers Program. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public ervice, Institute for Health Policy, Maine Rural Health Research Center.

Taylor, P., Blewett, L., Brasure, M., Call, K. T., Larson, E., Gale, J., Hagopian, A., Hart, L. G., Hartley, D., House, P., James, M. K., & Ricketts, T. (2003). Small town health care safety nets: Report on a pilot study. Journal of Rural Health, 19(2), 125-134.

Ziller, E. C., Coburn, A. F., Loux, S. L., Hoffman, C., & McBride, T. D. (2003). Health insurance coverage in rural America. (No. 4093). Washington, DC: The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured; University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy.

2002

Coburn, A. F. (2002). Rural long term care: What do we need to know to improve policy and programs? Journal of Rural Health,18(S), 256-269.

Coburn, A. F., Gale, J. A., Poley, S. T., Slifkin, R. T., & Walsh, J. F. (2002). State Medicaid payment policies for Critical Access Hospitals. In Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Tracking Project: Year Three Report (covering fiscal year 2001-2002) (p. Chapter 5). Washington, DC: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.

Coburn, A. F., Keith, R., & Bolda, E. J. (2002). The impact of rural residence on multiple hospitalizations in nursing facility residents. The Gerontologist,44(5), 661-666.

Coburn, A. F., McBride, T. D., & Ziller, E. C. (2002). Patterns of health insurance coverage among rural and urban children. Medical Care Research and Review, 59(3), 272-292.

Hartley, D. (2002). Commentary [on article by Rost, Fortney, Fischer & Smith. Use, quality and outcomes of care for mental health: The rural perspective.]. Medical Care Research and Review,59(3), 266-271.

Hartley, D. (2002). Residence: Rural and urban . In D. A. Mills (Ed.), Healthy Maine 2010: Opportunities for all ( pp. 57-59). Augusta, ME: Maine Department of Human Services, Bureau of Health.

Hartley, D., Britain, C., & Sulzbacher, S. (2002). Behavioral health: Setting the rural health research agenda. Journal of Rural Health,18(S), 242-255.

Hartley, D., & Gale, J. (2002). Staffing patterns and workforce strategies used by CAHs. In Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Tracking Project: Year Three Report (covering fiscal year 2001-2002) (Chapter 3D). Washington, DC: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.

Nalli, G., & Coburn, A. F. (2002). Health care costs: Does Maine have a problem and what should we do about it? (Policy Brief). Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy.

2001

Bolda, E. J., & Seavey, J. W. (December 2001). Rural long term care: Developing service capacity. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 20 (4), 426-457.

Coburn, A. F. (2001). Models for integrating and managing acute and long term care services in rural areas. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 20 (4), 386-408.

Coburn, A. F., & Bolda, E. J. (2001). Rural elderly and long term care. Western Journal of Medicine, 174 (3), 209-213.

Gale, J. A. (2001). From Wisconsin: The role of the stakeholder coalition model in the Rural Hospital Flexibility Program. (Findings from the Field, Vol. 1, no.14, March 19, 2001). Seattle, WA: National Tracking Project Consortium Coordinating Center.

Gale, J. A. (2001). Lessons from Maine, Minnesota, Texas, and Wisconsin: The continuum of work groups in the Rural Hospital Flexibility Program. (Findings from the Field, Vol. 1, no.13, March 19, 2001). Seattle, WA: National Tracking Project Consortium Coordinating Center.

Hartley, D. (Spring 2001). Effects of managed mental health care on service use in urban and rural Maine. Journal of Rural Health, 17(2), 95-104.

Hartley, D. (Fall 2001). Responding to the farm crisis in the UK. Rural Mental Health, 26 (4), 11-12.

Hartley, D. (Fall 2001). A song about rural mental health. Rural Mental Health, 26 (4), 10-11.

Saucier, P., & Fralich, J. T. (2001). Financing and payment issues in rural long term care integration. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 20(4), 409-425.

2000

Coburn, A. F. (2000). Rural long term care: What do we need to know to improve policy and programs? (Commissioned paper for the Rural health Research Agenda Setting Conference, January 25-27, 2000.). Washington, DC: National Rural Health Association, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.

Coburn, A. F., Hartley, D., & Gale, J. A. (2000). State implementation of the Rural Hospital Flexibility Program: The first-year experience. In Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Tracking Project. Seattle, WA: National Tracking Project Consortium Coordinating Center.

Coburn, A. F., & Ziller, E. C. (August 31, 2000). Designing a prescription drug benefit for rural Medicare beneficiaries: Principles, criteria, and assessment. A joint policy paper of the Maine Rural Health Research Center and the RUPRI Rural Health Panel. (P2000-14). Omaha, NE: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis.

Gale, J. A. (2000). From Wisconsin: Strategies for hospital communication with the community. (Findings from the Field, Vol. 1, no. 6, October 2). Seattle, WA: National Tracking Project Consortium Coordinating Center.

Hartley, D., Britain, C., & Sulzbacher, S. (2000). Behavioral health: Setting the rural health research agenda. (Commissioned paper for the Rural health Research Agenda Setting Conference, January 25-27, 2000.). Washington, DC: National Rural Health Association, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy.

Hartley, D., & Lapping, M. B. (2000). Rural hospital transitions: Old West County, Montana. Case report. (USDA - 3). Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy, Maine Rural Health Research Center.

Lambert, D., & Gale, J. A. (August 2000). The integration of behavioral health services in Grants Pass and Josephine County: A final report. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy, Maine Rural Health Research Center.

Lapping, M. (2000, January). Multiculturalism in planning: A rural perspective. In M. Burayii (ed.), Urban planning in a multicultural society. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishers.

Lapping, M. B., & Hartley, D. (2000). Rural hospital transitions:Great Plains County, North Dakota. Case report. (USDA - 1). Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy, Maine Rural Health Research Center.

Leighton, Al., & Hartley, D. (2000). Rural hospital transitions: Delta County, Arkansas. Case report. (USDA - 4). Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy, Maine Rural Health Research Center.

Oxman, T. E., Korsen, N., Hartley, D., Sengupta, A., Bartels, S., & Forester, B. (2000). Improving the precision of primary care physician self-report of antidepressant prescribing. Medical Care, 38(7), 771-776.

Ziller, E. C., & Leighton, A. (2000). Rural hospital transitions: Appalachia County, Kentucky. Case report. (USDA - 2). Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy, Maine Rural Health Research Center.

1999

Coburn, A. F., & Bolda, E. J. (1999). Rural elderly and long term care In T. C. Ricketts (Ed.), Rural health in the United States (pp. 179-189). New York: Oxford University Press.

Hartley, D., Bird, D. C., & Dempsey, P. (1999). Rural mental health and substance abuse In T. C. Ricketts (Ed.), Rural health in the United States (pp. 159-178). New York: Oxford University Press.

Hartley, D., Jackson, J., Mueller, K. et al. (1999). AHCPR-funded rural managed care centers: Report from the field. Journal of Rural Health, 15(1), 87-93.

Lambert, D., Agger, M. S., & Hartley, D. (1999). Service use of rural and urban Medicaid beneficiaries with depression: The role of supply. Journal of Rural Health, 15(3), 344-355.

Lapping, M., & Furuseth, O. (Eds.). (1999). Contested countryside: The rural/urban fringe in North America. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate Publishers.

Lapping, M. (1999) Service learning and the rural context [Web Page].

Leitenberg, B. (July 1999). Domestic violence is a rural health issue.

Leitenberg, B. (June 1999). Assisted living: How to make it work in rural communities.

Mueller, K. J., Coburn, A. F., Cordes, S. et al. (1999). The changing landscape of health care financing and delivery: How are rural communities and providers responding? Milbank Quarterly, 77 (4), 485-510.

1998

Bird, D., Lambert, D., Hartley, D. et al. (1998). Rural models for integrating primary care and mental health services. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 25 (3), 287-308.

Bolda, E. J., Keith, R., Richards, M. et al. (1998). Evaluation of consumer/resident transfers: A study of discharges and transfers between various long term care settings. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Health Policy Institute.

Coburn, A. F., Kilbreth, E. H., Long, S. H., & Marquis, M. S. (1998). Urban-rural differences in employer-based health insurance coverage of workers. Medical Care Research and Review, 55 (4), 484-496.

Hartley, D., Korsen, N., Bird, D., & Agger, M. (1998). Management of depression by rural primary care practitioners. Archives of Family Medicine, 7 (2), 139-145.

Lambert, D., & Hartley, D. (1998). Linking primary care and rural psychiatry: Where have we been? Where are we going? Psychiatric Services, 49 (7), 965-967.

Turyn, R., & Richards, M. (Eds.). (1998). Forget ME Not: A Newsletter of the Maine Alzheimer's Project. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service.

1997

Lambert, D., & Ralph, R. O. (1997). Maine's dual diagnosis demonstration program: Final evaluation report. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs.

Lapping, M., & Pfeffer, M. (1997). City and Country: New connections, new possibilities In W. Lockeretz (Ed.), Visions of American Agriculture (pp. 91-104). Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press.

Lapping, M. (1997). A tradition of rural sustainability: The Amish portrayed In I. Audriac (Ed.), Rural Sustainability in America (pp. 29-39). NY: John Wiley.

Lapping, M. (1997). Rural development In P. Knox, & P. Ozolinas (Eds.), Design professionals and the built environment: An introduction. New York, NY: John Wiley.

Pearson, K. B. (Ed). (1997). Minorities and rural health: Publications of the Rural Health Research Centers funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, 1988-1997. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service.

Spicer, R. (1997). Washington County community health needs assessment. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, Institute for Health Policy, Maine Rural Health Research Center.

1996

Coburn, A. F. (1996). Health reform and rural long term care In G. D. Rowles, J. E. Beaulier, & W. W. Myers (Eds.), Long-term care for the rural elderly: New directions in services, research, and policy (pp. 156-169). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Daniels, T., & Lapping, M. (1996). Rural America needs more, not less planning. Journal of the American Planning Association, 62 (3), 285-88.

Hartley, D., & Bird, D. (1996). Models for integrating primary care and mental health services in rural communities. Paradigm (Quest Publishing), 1(4), 6, 19.

Lambert, D., Bird, D., Hartley, D., & Genova, N. (1996). Integrating primary care and mental health services: current practices in rural areas. Kansas City, MO: National Rural Health Association.

Lapping, M. (1996). The future of the rural northeast In E. Castle (Ed.), The Changing American Countryside (pp. 29-34). Corvallis: Oregon State University, Western Rural Development Center.

Ralph, R. O., & Lambert, D. (1996). Needs assessment survey of a sample of AMHI consent decree class members. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service.

1995

Coburn, A. F. (1995). Serving the needs of rural areas In 1995 Health network and alliance status report: Cooperative health care purchasing strategies in the era of accountability (pp. 1380-1440). Washington, DC: Faulkner and Gray.

Coburn, A. F., & Mueller, K. (1995). Legislative and policy strategies for supporting rural health network development: Sessions from the 103rd Congress. Journal of Rural Health, 11(1), 22-31.

Lambert, D., & Agger, M. S. (1995). Access of rural AFDC Medicaid beneficiaries to mental health services. Health Care Financing Review, 17 (1), 133-145.