tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 30

Care Access: Rural Health Care Not Sparse, According To Researchers

Are urban patients better off? A report says, 'Maybe not.'Any problems patients living in America's rural communities might face when seeking health care may have nothing to do with a lack of local health care providers - but could have a lot to do with lower incomes. Researchers recently found that access to and quality of care in rural areas fares just as well as in urban areas. Center for Studying Health System Change researchers James Reschovsky and Andrea Staiti conducted a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded study called "Access and Quality: Does Rural America Lag Behind?"...

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