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| The impact of living in a rural county with no nursing home on utilization rates and admission mobility patterns | | Author(s) | William J McAuley, Loretta L Pecchioni, Jo Anna Grant |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 21, no 1, March 2002 |
| Pages | pp 40-57 |
| Keywords | Rural areas ; Accessibility ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Usage [services] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Long-term care data from one state (Virginia) is used to examine four hypotheses. First, rural counties are more likely than urban counties to have no nursing facility. Second, counties without a nursing facility will have lower nursing home utilization rates than counties have a nursing facility. Third, individuals admitted to nursing facilities who originate in counties with no facility will tend to experience moves of greater distance than their counterparts in counties that have a facility. Lastly, those admitted to nursing facilities originating in counties with no facility will tend to move to more urban settings. These hypotheses were supported by the analysis. The findings suggest that access to nursing home care may be more limited for individuals who live in counties without nursing facilities. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020624203 A |
| Classmark | RL: 5CA: LHB:QKH: QLD: 7T |
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