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This brief estimates and documents the national magnitude of charges associated with hospitalizations due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions in rural hospitals. Findings from this research suggest that the potential national saving in rural hospital inpatient expenditure could be up to $9.5 billion if rural patients receive timely and effective primary health care and if charges closely mirror actual costs.
This brief estimates and documents the regional magnitude of charges associated with hospitalizations due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions in rural hospitals. The findings show that resource utilization for rural preventable hospitalizations varies by geographic region and ranges from about 14% of hospital charges for rural hospitals in the West region to more than 20% of hospital charges for rural hospitals in the South region, a pattern that reflects patients’ socioeconomic status and the supply of primary care physicians.
Author contact info:
Li-Wu Chen
liwuchen@unmc.edu
402.559.7113
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