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National Study of Home Health Access in Rural America

Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Research center: ORHP-funded Individual Grantees
Lead researcher: Beth Virnig, PhD , 612.624.4426, virni001@umn.edu
Project completed:May 2005
Topics: Health services
Home health
Hospice and palliative care
Medicare

This project will develop home health care service areas that will allow for the measurement of access to home health care for rural Medicare beneficiaries who die of cancer, and recommend options for increasing access to home health care in underserved rural areas. Additionally, the project will map and estimate the proportion of the population served by home health care agencies providing limited availability to such treatments, and recommend options for improving access to these symptom management options for patients with cancer. Final products will include a map of home health service areas and a report analyzing the home health and hospice service areas.


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