Rural/Urban Disparities in the Utilization of Health and Behavioral Assessments/Interventions in the Fee-for-Service Medicare Population
Overview of Key Findings In 2016, rural county residents represented 21.8% of the fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare population, but only 1.6% of rural FFS beneficiaries live in a county with local utilization of Health and Behavioral Assessments and Interventions (HBAI) services. Utilization of HBAI services in 2016 occurred in 19 (9.7%) rural counties and 176 (90.3%) urban counties. Average utilization rates of HBAI services were higher in rural counties than urban counties (0.7% vs. 0.4%).
Authors
- Christian Rhudy
- Jeffery Talbert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4304-5167)
- Eugene Shin
Institutions
- University of Kentucky (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- UKnowledge (University of Kentucky)
- Published
- 2026-09-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.13023/2020.ruhrc/12
- Primary Topic
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- Office of Rural Health
- Federal Office of Rural Health Policy