Performance of Health Care Service Area Definitions for Capturing Variation in Inpatient Care and Social Determinants of Health

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Examines various health care service area (HCSA) definitions and their ability to capture hospitalizations and social determinants of health (SDOH) heterogeneity in the patient population. Provides descriptive characteristics for each HCSA type, such as median population and land size, as well as characteristics of the hospital sample. Discusses which HCSA type was best able to capture hospital discharges and population heterogenity in rural areas.

Hannah Crook, Manuel Horta, Kenneth A. Michelson, John A. Graves

Health Services Research, 59(4)

08/2024

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Hospitals · Research methods and resources · Rural definitions · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data