Additionally, per-capita physician service payments for Medicare patients are 18 percent lower in rural settings, although outpatient service payments are 14 percent higher, according to the report. Cost per Medicare beneficiary is 3.7 percent lower overall for rural beneficiaries compared to those in urban areas.
“Rural hospitals have achieved a noteworthy level of comparative performance including: demonstrated quality, patient satisfaction and operational efficiency for the type of care most relevant to rural communities,” John R. Morrow, executive vice president of iVantage, said in the release.
The study challenges the misunderstanding that rural hospitals are more costly, less efficient and have lower satisfaction and quality ratings. It found rural hospitals have better performance in patient satisfaction and operational efficiency with lower levels of in-hospital, risk-adjusted morality, according to the release.
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