@article{1dbc1b1f10b04bea8ec6d58ab0c8b644,
title = "Profiles of hospital, physician, and home health service use by older persons in rural areas",
abstract = "Using data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, we identify differences in hospital days, home health visits and physician office visits across five geographical categories. After controlling for individual characteristics and availability of health care providers, we find significant differences in service use. Results show greater use of home health care and less use of physician office visits and hospital care in rural areas. Because service use exhibits patterns of substitution and complementarity, future research on the use of health services needs to move beyond modeling the use of single services to modeling the range of services used.",
author = "Dansky, {Kathryn H.} and Diane Brannon and Shea, {Dennis G.} and Joseph Vasey and Riad Dirani",
note = "Funding Information: The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the National Institute on Aging Grant R01-AG11820 and of a pilot grant from the Center on Aging and Health in Rural America (CAHRA) at The Pennsylvania State University. We would also like to acknowledge helpful comments from the pilot grant reviewers for CAHRA and the anonymous reviewers. Earlier versions of this work were presented at the 1996 American Public Health Association and the 1996 Association of Health Services Research meetings. Address correspondence to Dr. Kathryn H. Dansky, Department of Health Policy and Administration, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. E-mail: kxd9@psu.edu. Each author is affiliated with the Department of Health Policy and Administration, The Pennsylvania State University.",
year = "1998",
doi = "10.1093/geront/38.3.320",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "38",
pages = "320--330",
journal = "The Gerontologist",
issn = "0016-9013",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "3",
}