Aging in rural communities

SA Cohen, ML Greaney - Current epidemiology reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Population aging is occurring worldwide, particularly in
developed countries such as the United States (US). However, in the US, the population is …

Rural-urban disparities in outcomes of myocardial infarction, heart failure, and stroke in the United States

EC Loccoh, KE Joynt Maddox, Y Wang, DS Kazi… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
Background US policy efforts have focused on reducing rural-urban health inequities.
However, it is unclear whether gaps in care and outcomes remain among older adults with …

Social factors influencing utilization of home care in community-dwelling older adults: a scoping review

JC Mah, SJ Stevens, JM Keefe, K Rockwood… - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Older adults want to live at home as long as possible, even in the face of
circumstances that limit their autonomy. Home care services reflect this emergent …

The state of rural public health: enduring needs in a new decade

JP Leider, M Meit, JM McCullough… - … journal of public …, 2020 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Public health in the rural United States is a complex and underfunded enterprise. While
urban–rural disparities have been a focus for researchers and policymakers alike for …

Quantifying rural disparity in healthcare utilization in the United States: Analysis of a large midwestern healthcare system

A Nuako, J Liu, G Pham, N Smock, A James, T Baker… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Purpose The objective of this study is to identify how predisposing characteristics, enabling
factors, and health needs are jointly and individually associated with epidemiological …

Medicare's New Patient Driven Payment Model Resulted In Reductions In Therapy Staffing In Skilled Nursing Facilities: Study examines the effect of Medicare's …

BE McGarry, EM White, LJ Resnik, M Rahman… - Health …, 2021 - healthaffairs.org
Medicare's Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) significantly altered the way skilled
nursing facilities (SNFs) are paid, removing the financial incentive to maximize the volume of …

Health care resource utilization and costs associated with atrial fibrillation and rural-urban disparities

S Jiang, SP Seslar, LA Sloan, RN Hansen - Journal of Managed Care & …, 2022 - jmcp.org
BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) imposes substantial health care and economic burden
on health care systems and patients. Previous studies failed to examine health care …

Home health rehabilitation utilization among Medicare beneficiaries following critical illness

JR Falvey, TE Murphy, TM Gill… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES Medicare beneficiaries recovering from a critical illness are increasingly being
discharged home instead of to post‐acute care facilities. Rehabilitation services are …

Rural‐urban trends in health care utilization, treatment, and mortality among US veterans with congestive heart failure: A retrospective cohort study

M Aboumrad, D Peritz, S Friedman… - The Journal of Rural …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To compare longitudinal rates of health care utilization, evidence‐based treatment,
and mortality between rural and urban‐dwelling patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) …

[HTML][HTML] Association between the patient driven payment model and therapy utilization and patient outcomes in US skilled nursing facilities

M Rahman, EM White, BE McGarry… - JAMA Health …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In October 2019, Medicare changed its skilled nursing facility (SNF)
reimbursement model to the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), which has modified …