Access to Specialty Care for Medicare Beneficiaries in Rural Communities
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Description
Findings from a voluntary online survey conducted in 2019
of 111 Rural Health Clinic (RHC) staff, from 27 states, to
identify the most difficult specialty healthcare service to
access, and why it is the most difficult to access.
Conducts an analysis of RHC distance to the nearest
hospital or clinic to determine variation in difficulty
accessing specialty services.
Author(s)
Megan Lahr, Hannah Neprash, Carrie Henning-Smith, Mariana S. Tuttle, Ashley M. Hernandez
Date
12/2019
Type
Document
Organization
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Tagged as
Access · Aging and aging-related services · Medicare · Rural Health Clinics · Specialty care · Statistics and data
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- University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, view details