Configuration and Delivery of Primary Care in Rural and Urban Settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are concerns about the capacity of rural primary care due to potential workforce shortages and patients with disproportionately more clinical and socioeconomic risks. Little research examines the configuration and delivery of primary care along the spectrum of rurality.

Objective

Compare structure, capabilities, and payment reform participation of isolated, small town, micropolitan, and metropolitan physician practices, and the characteristics and utilization of their Medicare beneficiaries.

Design

Observational study of practices defined using IQVIA OneKey, 2017 Medicare claims, and, for a subset, the National Survey of Healthcare Organizations and Systems (response rate=47%).

Participants

A total of 27,716,967 beneficiaries with qualifying vi

SUBMITTER: Fraze TK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9485295 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature