Year(s) Funded: 2012-2013
Topic(s): Healthcare Financing, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicare, Quality
Project Lead: Ira Moscovice
This project will provide information about the provision of observation care services in rural hospitals and organizational, geographic, and patient characteristics associated with their utilization. It will also identify key rural Medicare beneficiary and rural provider related issues and explore options for minimizing unintended negative consequences that could result from the implementation of future guidelines and policies concerning the provision of observation care services in rural communities. Descriptive statistics will be used to profile the nature and scope of observation care services by patient, hospital, and market characteristics, using secondary data from Medicare hospital outpatient claims, Provider of Service data and AHA Annual Survey data. Qualitative data analysis will be used to profile key issues for rural Medicare beneficiaries and rural providers concerning observation care services and to identify state efforts to address these concerns.
Related Publications
- Does Rurality Affect Observation Care Services Use in CAHs for Medicare Beneficiaries?, October 20th, 2014
- Observation Care Services for Medicare Beneficiaries in Rural Hospitals: Policy Issues and Stakeholder Perspectives, October 20th, 2014
- Obstetric Services and Quality among Critical Access, Rural, and Urban Hospitals in Nine States, June 18th, 2013