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PCA Shortages in Rural Areas
Personal care aides, primarily funded by Medicaid, play a major role in assisting people with disabilities with their everyday activities.
The authors determine that fewer personal care aides are available in more rural areas. Within states, there were fewer PCAs per 1,000 adults with self-care disabilities in areas classified as “more rural”
and “most rural” than in the least rural areas.
Additionally, their findings indicate that the gap between the potential need for PCA services and the aide supply is greatest in southern states.
“Access to care is a persistent problem documented in rural areas,” writes Sarah Kolk in a recent Forefront article examining themes from the Disability & Health issue.
To read more about rural health trends, revisit our 2019 theme issue on the topic.
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Elsewhere At Health Affairs
In Forefront, Tamarie Macon proposes a reframing of health equity advocacy that centers community-established benchmarks and experiences.
Ellen Breslin and coauthors assert that the national agenda for rural health equity must carefully account for dually eligible individuals’ needs in rural areas.
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