Long-Term Services and Supports Use Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries in Rural and Urban Areas
Date
01/2019
Journal
Research on Aging
Description
Analyzing the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, authors from the Maine Rural Health Research Center found that compared to their urban counterparts, rural Medicare beneficiaries had higher odds of nursing home use after controlling for beneficiary characteristics and contextual factors including nursing home bed supply.
Center
Maine Rural Health Research Center
Authors
Andrew Coburn, Erika Ziller, Nathan Paluso, Deborah Thayer, Jean Talbot
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