Nursing Home Closures and Access to Post-Acute Care and Long-Term Care Services in Rural Areas

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Examines distance to care for residents needing post-acute care (PAC) and long-term care (LTC) services. Analyzes nursing home closures from 2008 to 2018 and identifies closest PAC and LTC services in rural versus urban areas, with data broken down by population demographics, nursing home characteristics, and distance to providers.

Hari Sharma, Redwan Bin Abdul Baten, Fred Ullrich, A. Clint MacKinney, Keith J. Mueller

Journal of Rural Health, 40(3), 557-564

01/2024

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Access · Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Healthcare facilities · Long-term care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data