Disparities in Access to Specialists Explain Higher Preventable Hospitalization and Mortality Rates for Rural Medicare Patients: Implications for Missouri
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Description
Examines influence of access to care on rural-urban disparities in preventable hospitalization and mortality among Medicare-enrolled Missourians using 2006-2013 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data. Discusses the role of primary care provider and specialist visits on clinical outcomes, and identifies policy implications.
Author(s)
Kenton J. Johnston, Hefei Wen, Timothy L. Wiemken, Kristine Huang, Karen E. Joynt Maddox
Date
02/2020
Organizations
Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research, Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice
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Access
· Inpatient care
· Medicare
· Mortality
· Policy
· Primary care
· Rural-urban differences
· Specialty care
· Statistics and data