Trends in Skilled Nursing Facility and Swing Bed Use in Rural Areas Following the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (Findings Brief)

Date
08/2011
Description

This findings brief looks at if the the availability of post-acute skilled care stabilized, and how and where is it being provided today now that the reimbursement policy changes begun in the late 1990s have been fully implemented.

Center
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Authors
Kristin Reiter, Victoria Freeman