Table 11. Alternate Home Health Use Rate Calculations, by Residential Location: 1983 and 1987.
| Home Health Use Rate Denominator | 1983 | 1987 | ||
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| Rural | Urban | Rural | Urban | |
| All Enrollees | 137.1 | 145.7 | 43.6 | 48.0 |
| Excludes HMO Enrollees in Risk Plans | — | — | 144.2 | 150.1 |
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These correspond to the estimates presented in the text.
NOTE: HMO is health maintenance organization.
SOURCES: Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and Strategy: Data from the 1983 and 1987 Health Insurance Skeleton Write-Off files and the Home Health Agency 40-percent Bill Skeleton files.