Do Higher Payments Increase Access to Post-Acute Home Health Care for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries?

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 Mar;68(3):663-664. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16332. Epub 2020 Jan 25.

Authors

Lacey Loomer¹, Momotazur Rahman², Tracy M Mroz³, Pedro L Gozalo^{2

4}, Vincent Mor^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
³ Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Washington, University of Washington, Seattle.
⁴ Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island.

PMID: 31981363
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16332

No abstract available

Keywords: Medicare; home health care; post-acute care; rural health.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Health Services Accessibility / economics
Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data*
Home Care Services / economics*
Humans
Medicare / economics*
Rural Population*
Subacute Care / economics*
United States