Communities Served by Rural Medicare Dependent Hospitals

Date
03/2012
Description

This findings brief explores the potential consequences of termination of the Medicare Dependent Hospital (MDH) program by comparing MDHs to rural prospective payment system (R-PPS) hospitals in terms of utilization and the characteristics of the communities they serve.

Center
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Authors
Kristin Reiter, George Holmes, Saleema Karim, George Pink