• Publications - (2)

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Publications - (2)

• Differences in Medicare Service Use in the Last Six Months of Life among Rural and Urban Dual – Eligible Beneficiaries
  Report
  South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Date: 08/2017
  In this brief, we compare rural and urban dual-eligible beneficiaries to Medicare-only beneficiaries in their service utilization in the last six months of life. Within rural beneficiaries, we further explore differences associated with race/ethnicity.
• Rural-Urban Differences in Medicare Service Use in the Last Six Months of Life
  Report
  South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
  Date: 08/2017
  This brief focuses on the current status of healthcare use during the last six months of life among Medicare beneficiaries. We used data from a sample of Medicare beneficiary claims to assess whether service utilization differed between rural and urban decedents and across decedents of different race/ethnicity categories.