Rural Medicare Beneficiaries are Increasingly Likely to Be Admitted to Urban Hospitals

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Examines whether the proportion of rural Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries admitted to urban hospitals increased between 2010 and 2018 using data from the Hospital Service Area File (HSAF) and the American Hospital Association (AHA) survey. Explores whether distance to the nearest hospital and system affiliation of the nearest rural hospital were associated with increases in urban hospital admissions from rural ZIP codes.

Hannah R. Friedman, George Mark Holmes

Health Services Research, 57(5), 1029-1034

10/2022

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