Characteristics and Utilization Patterns of Rural Medicaid Recipients

Medicaid is an important source of coverage and health care access for rural Americans. It is unclear; however, how characteristics, enrollment types, utilization, and expenditures differ by rurality and region. This study used the Medicaid Analytic Extract file to examine the characteristics of persons enrolled in Medicaid by type of eligibility. The study also examined overall utilization and total payments for this utilization. All estimates were subset by rurality and region.

Publications

• The Importance of Rural Hospitals: Transfers and 30-day Readmissions Among Rural Residents and Patients Presenting at Rural Hospitals
  Journal Article
  University of South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Date: 07/2018
  This study looked at reasons why transfers and readmissions occurred among Medicare patients who first came to rural hospitals.