The first study, conducted by the RAND Corporation, highlights a range of indicators where rural residents fall below national measures. The study looks at consumer assessment data for both Medicaid FFS and Medicare Advantage populations and clinical measures for Medicare Advantage populations only. This is a limiting factor – it would be useful to have some indication of clinical inadequacies in all rural Medicare populations:
The second study examines a range of different health care access indicators in rural/urban America. Indicators include insurance coverage measures and assorted health service availability measures.