Charles D. Phillips, PhD

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Completed Projects - (3)

Medicaid Budget Cuts: Effects on Rural Nursing Homes and Rural Elderly and Disabled
This project will investigate whether nursing home quality and access to nursing home care have eroded in rural areas as a result of changes in Medicare payments or reductions in Medicaid nursing home payments from 2000-2003.
Research center: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Topics: Aging, Disabilities, Long-term care, Medicaid and CHIP
Nursing Home Quality: A Comparison between Rural and Non-Rural Nursing Homes
The research examines the effect of location (rural/non-rural) on the characteristics of nursing homes and residents, and on various indicators of quality of care.
Research center: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Topics: Long-term care, Quality, Rural statistics and demographics
Quality Differences between Rural and Non-Rural Nursing Homes
Research center: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Topics: Long-term care, Quality

Differences Between Newly Admitted Nursing Home Residents in Rural and Nonrural Areas in a National Sample
Journal Article
Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 02/2006
This research investigates whether differences in acuity are a function of differences in resident payer status and occur for both individuals admitted for short stays, with Medicare as payer, and those needing chronic care.

Assisted Living in Rural America: Results From a National Survey
Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 03/2005
This article examines the assisted living industry in metropolitan and rural areas. Results indicate that assisted living was largely a private-pay form of long-term care and was more common in metropolitan than rural areas. Findings suggest that assisted living will make only a marginal contribution to meeting the needs in rural areas.

Rurality and Nursing Home Quality: Results From a National Sample of Nursing Home Admissions
Journal Article
Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 10/2004
There are higher percentages of elderly population in and the utilization rates of nursing homes are higher in rural areas. Overall, problems in rural nursing homes are at a much higher risk for poor outcomes, but it is most apparent in extremely isolated rural areas.
Nursing Homes in Rural And Urban Areas, 2001
Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 06/2004
This chartbook provides descriptive data on the entire population of longer-stay nursing home residents in the country in 2001 and categorizes them according to the rurality of the nursing homes in which they receive care in an effort to address questions related to residents' characteristics and quality of care.are.