Geographic Variations and Facility Determinants of Acute Care Utilization and Spending for ACSCs
Our evaluation revealed more than 13-fold variation in acute care utilization for ACSCs between Medicaid counties within the same state. Proximity to urgent care facilities and density of rural health clinics were major explanatory variables for these variations, underscoring the importance of local health infrastructure in reducing acute care utilization for ACSCs.
Authors
- Sadiq Y. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4042-1515)
Institutions
- Benchmark Research (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Journal of Managed Care
- Published
- 2024-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.37765/ajmc.2024.89630
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.26