Emily Zimmerman, PhD

Phone: 703.993.2993
E-mail: ezimmerm@gmu.edu

Department of Sociology and Anthropology
George Mason University
4400 University Drive
MS 1H5
Fairfax, VA 22030

Completed Projects

Rural-Urban Differences in Nursing Home Admissions, Service Usage and Discharge, Lead researcher
Research center: ORHP-funded Individual Grantees
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topic: Long term care
An in-depth examination of rural-urban differences in recent nursing home first admissions, their service utilization patterns, and their discharge status over 12 months will be conducted to determine whether persons from rural areas admitted to rural nursing homes have higher functioning, receive fewer special nursing home services, and remain in care longer than rural admissions to urban nursing homes, urban admissions to urban nursing homes, or urban admission to rural nursing homes.