Developing rural primary health care service areas: an analysis of patient migration patterns.
This study explores the potential of health care service areas (HCSAs) developed from claims data as the geopolitical units for the assessment of health professional needs in rural areas. HCSAs reflect consumer shopping patterns for health care and alter traditional health professional needs estimates.
Atherly
Adam
A
Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Kralewski
John
J
Johnson
Christopher
C
Brasure
Michelle
M
D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States