“Left Behind Again:” Rural Children Enrolled in Medicaid Use Home Health Services Far Less Than Urban Children
“Left Behind Again:” Rural Children Enrolled in Medicaid Use Home Health Services Far Less Than Urban Children https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/AdobeStock_68717449-rural-header-1024x575.gif 1024 575 Jeb Phillips https://pediatricsnationwide.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Jeb-Phillips.jpg
Data from a pediatric accountable care organization is allowing physicians and researchers to explore the rural-urban health care gap. While it’s long been clear that children in rural areas have reduced access to some kinds of health care services compared to their urban peers, understanding the specifics of the care gap has proven difficult, because…