Home Health Care Agency Availability in Rural Counties

Date
06/2014
Description

Examines home healthcare across the United States and in rural counties including home healthcare agency availability and quality of services provided. Reports that counties at risk for limited service availability were almost entirely rural. Of the 34 counties lacking a home health agency, 30 were rural. Of the 120 counties served by a single agency, 118 were rural.

Center
Rural and Minority Health Research Center
Authors
Janice Probst, Samuel Towne, Jordan Mitchell, Kevin Bennett, Robert Chen
Topics