Rurality and patients' hospital experience: A multisite analysis from a US healthcare system.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between rurality of patients' residence and hospital experience is incompletely described. The objective of the study was to compare hospital experience by rurality of patients' residence.

Methods

From a US Midwest institution's 17 hospitals, we included 56,685 patients who returned a post-hospital Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey. We defined rurality using rural-urban commuting area codes (metropolitan, micropolitan, small town, rural). We evaluated the association of patient characteristics with top-box score (favorable response) for 10 HCAHPS items (six composite, two individual, two global). We obtained adjusted odds ratios (aOR [95% CI]) from logistic regression models including patient character

SUBMITTER: Fawad I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11309381 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature