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A Comparison Of Hospital Utilization In Urban And Rural Areas Of South Carolina, Vivian G. Dicks
A Comparison Of Hospital Utilization In Urban And Rural Areas Of South Carolina, Vivian G. Dicks
Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association
Background: Previous studies have described health care utilization based on insurance status and ethnicity. Few investigations, however, have looked at rural populations in relation to distance in securing health care.
Methods: The 2008 to 2009 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Inpatient Database (SID) for South Carolina was used to assess the relationship of living in rural versus urban communities and the demographic variables related to insurance coverage. By use of bivariate and multivariate analyses, patient socio-demographic characteristics were explored for working-aged groups in relation to their income and for payer status (Medicaid or uninsured) relative to those privately …