Rural Patients More Likely to Undergo Surgery - HealthpointCapital

Researchers at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center were surprised to discover that Medicare patients in rural areas were more likely to undergo a variety of surgical procedures compared with their urban counterparts. The results of the new study, published this month in the Archives of Surgery, may challenge the idea that patients in urban areas have better access to care, but questions remain unanswered about surgical outcomes, whether patients are getting surgery they don't need or the overall health of patients in rural areas.

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