This mixed-method study is an in-depth examination of access to and utilization of home health services provided in rural and frontier areas. The study begins to explore how influential patient-centered decision-making is in determining the type of post-acute care services used by rural and frontier Medicare beneficiaries.

Publications

• Home Is Where the Heart Is: Insights on the Coordination and Delivery of Home Health Services in Rural America
  Policy Brief
  North Dakota and NORC Rural Health Reform Policy Research Center
  Date: 08/2017
  Access to home health in rural areas is an important public policy concern, particularly with the growing number of older adults residing in rural America. This qualitative study seeks to better understand how home health services are provided in rural areas, and identifies facilitators and barriers to providing care.