| Defining urban and rural areas in US epidemiologic studies SA Hall, JS Kaufman, TC Ricketts Journal of urban health 83, 162-175, 2006 | 466 | 2006 |
| Access in health services research: the battle of the frameworks TC Ricketts, LJ Goldsmith Nursing outlook 53 (6), 274-280, 2005 | 448 | 2005 |
| The effects of having a regular doctor on access to primary care JM Lambrew, GH Defriese, TS Carey, TC Ricketts, AK Biddle Medical care 34 (2), 138-151, 1996 | 393 | 1996 |
| The changing nature of rural health care TC Ricketts Annual review of public health 21 (1), 639-657, 2000 | 384 | 2000 |
| Rural health in the United States TC Ricketts Oxford University Press, 1999 | 321 | 1999 |
| Hospitalization rates as indicators of access to primary care TC Ricketts, R Randolph, HA Howard, D Pathman, T Carey Health & place 7 (1), 27-38, 2001 | 269 | 2001 |
| The comparative retention of National Health Service Corps and other rural physicians: results of a 9-year follow-up study DE Pathman, TR Konrad, TC Ricketts Jama 268 (12), 1552-1558, 1992 | 211 | 1992 |
| Alliances in health care: what we know, what we think we know, and what we should know HS Zuckerman, AD Kaluzny, TC Ricketts III Health care management review 20 (1), 54-64, 1995 | 207 | 1995 |
| Cancer in rural versus urban populations: a review AC Monroe, TC Ricketts, LA Savitz The Journal of rural health 8 (3), 212-220, 1992 | 204 | 1992 |
| Geographic information systems and public health TC Ricketts Annual review of public health 24 (1), 1-6, 2003 | 200 | 2003 |
| Definitions of rural: A handbook for health policy makers and researchers TC Ricketts, KD Johnson-Webb, P Taylor Office of Rural Health Policy, 1998 | 196 | 1998 |
| Populations and places in rural America TC Ricketts, KD Johnson-Webb, RK Randolph Rural health in the United States, 7-24, 1999 | 151 | 1999 |
| Poverty, health services, and health status in rural America DL Patrick, J Stein, M Porta, CQ Porter, TC Ricketts The Milbank Quarterly, 105-136, 1988 | 146 | 1988 |
| Geographic methods for health services research: A focus on the rural-urban continuum TC Ricketts (No Title), 1994 | 141 | 1994 |
| The global health workforce shortage: role of surgeons and other providers GF Sheldon, TC Ricketts, A Charles, J King, EP Fraher, A Meyer Advances in surgery 42, 63-85, 2008 | 129 | 2008 |
| Workforce issues in rural areas: a focus on policy equity TC Ricketts American Journal of Public Health 95 (1), 42-48, 2005 | 121 | 2005 |
| Understanding biased selection in Medicare HMOs MM Mello, SC Stearns, EC Norton, TC Ricketts Health services research 38 (3), 961-992, 2003 | 120 | 2003 |
| How adults' access to outpatient physician services relates to the local supply of primary care physicians in the rural southeast DE Pathman, TC Ricketts III, TR Konrad Health services research 41 (1), 79-102, 2006 | 115 | 2006 |
| Comparison of number and geographic distribution of pediatric subspecialists and patient proximity to specialized care in the US between 2003 and 2019 A Turner, T Ricketts, LK Leslie JAMA pediatrics 174 (9), 852-860, 2020 | 109 | 2020 |
| The role of physician recommendation in women's mammography use: is it a 2-stage process? ST Hawley, JA Earp, M O'Malley, TC Ricketts Medical care 38 (4), 392-403, 2000 | 101 | 2000 |
Thomas KonradProfessor, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillVerified email at unc.edu