Profiles of hospital, physician, and home health service use by older persons in rural areas

被引：33

作者：

Dansky, KH ^{[1
]}

Brannon, D ^{[1
]}

Shea, DG ^{[1
]}

Vasey, J ^{[1
]}

Dirani, R ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Hlth Policy & Adm, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

来源：

GERONTOLOGIST | 1998年 / 38卷 / 03期

关键词：

Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey; access;

D O I：

10.1093/geront/38.3.320

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

Using data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, we identify differences in hospital days, home health visits and physician office visits across five geographical categories. After controlling for individual characteristics and availability of health fare providers, we find significant differences in service use. Results show greater use of home health care and less use of physician office visits and hospital care in rural areas, Because service use exhibits patterns of substitution and complementarity, future research on the use of health services needs to move beyond modeling the use of single services to modeling the range of services used.

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页码：320 / 330

页数：11