Rural Health Research Gateway

Kevin Bennett, PhD

South Carolina Rural Health Research Center

Phone: 803.251.6317
E-mail: Kevin.Bennett@sc.edu

Current Projects

Transitions in Care for Rural Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes
Research center: South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Chronic diseases and conditions, Health disparities, Medicare, Minority health
Hospital readmission rates among persons with diabetes, as well as absolute admission rates, may be used to study health disparities among rural and minority populations. This project will use data from the Medicare Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse to explore residence- and race-based disparities in diabetes admission rates, effective transitions to outpatient care, and re-admission rates, to help guide rural policy-makers and health care providers.

This web site includes content provided by and adapted from the Maine Rural Health Research Center, University of Southern Maine under a Cooperative Agreement with the University of North Dakota.