Spatial Analysis of Health Care Utilization among Medicare Beneficiaries with Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis and Other Related Pneumoconiosis
RUHRC Authors: Arif, A | Borders, T
Publication Date: 04/06/2021
Full Publication: Spatial Analysis of Health Care Utilization among Medicare Beneficiaries with Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis and Other Related Pneumoconiosis
Objective
Miners risk developing coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (also known as black lung disease) and other pneumoconiosis like silicosis and asbestosis. This study determines, maps, and analyzes the spatial patterns of health care utilization among Medicare beneficiaries with CWP and other related pneumoconiosis using the Medicare beneficiaries Limited Data Set from 2011-2014.
Suggested Citation
Arif AA, Owusu C, Paul R, Blanchette CM, Patel RP, Borders TF. Spatial Analysis of Health Care Utilization among Medicare Beneficiaries with Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis and Other Related Pneumoconiosis. Lexington, KY: Rural and Underserved Health Research Center; 2021.