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The Kentucky State Office of Rural Health is organizationally assigned to the
University of Kentucky Office of Research and Development in Lexington, but is
physically housed in the University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural
Health, located in Hazard, a rural community in the Appalachian Mountains of
southeastern Kentucky.
The mission of the Kentucky State Office of Rural Health (KSORH) is to
support the health and well-being of Kentuckians by promoting access to rural
health services. The KSORH assists clinicians, administrators and consumers
find ways to improve communications, finances and access to quality health care
while insuring that funding agencies and policy makers are made aware of the
needs of rural communities. The KSORH is committed to working with partners
who share the same activities and values. The office collaborates with publid and
private entities statewide, and at the regional and national levels, to help increase
rural access to heath care. The core functions of the KSORH are: 1) Collection
and dissemination of information; 2) Coordination of rural health resources &
activities statewide; 3) Provision of technical assistance; 4) Encourage
recruitment and retention of health professionals in rural areas and 5) Participate
in strengthening State, local and Federal partnerships. In 2003, the KSORH
reorganized to consolidate and provide administrative oversight for several
programs. The Kentucky Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, Kentucky State Loan
Repayment Program, Small Hospital Improvement Program and the Kentucky
Rural Health Association are under the auspice of the KSORH. Kentucky is a
state that has a significantly higher than average proportion of the population that
is subject to chronic illness and death and has a higher than average percentage
of the uninsured. Based on RUCC classifications (Rural Urban Continuum
Codes), 35 of Kentucky's 120 counties are metropolitan and 85 are non-
metropolitan; 44 percent of Kentuckian's live in rural counties compared to 17
percent for the United States. Kentucky has the highest percent of adults in the
nation with barriers to healthcare.1 The KSORH mission, goals and objectives
coincide with those of Healthy People 2010: (1) To increase the quality and years
of a healthy life; and (2) Eliminate our country's health disparities.
Kentucky BRFSS 2002 Report, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and FamHy Services, Department
for Public Health, released August 2004, pg. 36.
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Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 8/1/91 → 6/30/09 |
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