Missing the handoff: Post-hospitalization follow-up care among rural Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Bennett, K J ^a   Probst, J C ^b   Vyavaharkar, M ^b   Glover, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b S Carolina Rural Hlth Res Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Demand; Hospitals; Racial ethnic differences in health and health care; USA; Utilization of services

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84867613953     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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