Trends in Cancer Treatment Service Availability Across Critical Access Hospitals and Prospective Payment System Hospitals

Autor: Janice C. Probst, Melinda A. Merrell, Elizabeth Crouch, Jan M. Eberth, Anja Zgodic, Peiyin Hung, Kewei Shi, Whitney E. Zahnd
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Medical Care. 60:196-205
ISSN: 0025-7079
DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001635
Popis: BACKGROUND Rural residents experience worse cancer prognosis and access to cancer care providers than their urban counterparts. Critical access hospitals (CAHs) represent over half of all rural community hospitals. However, research on cancer services provided within CAHs is limited. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate trends in cancer services availability in urban and rural Prospective Payment System (PPS) hospitals and CAHs. DESIGN Retrospective, time-series analysis using data from 2008 to 2017 American Hospital Association Annual Surveys. Multivariable logistic regressions were used to examine differential trends in cancer services between urban PPS, rural PPS, and CAHs, overall and among small (
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