Figure 2. Difference in Outcomes for Medicare Beneficiaries With ADRD Residing in Micropolitan and Rural Counties Relative to Those in Metropolitan Counties.

Adjusted differences are estimated running OLS regressions of outcomes onto indicators for micropolitan and rural counties (metro counties are the reference category) and patient characteristics reported in Table 1. A regression model was estimated for each follow-up month of a specific outcome. 95% CIs are obtained clustering errors by state. Panel B plots community without home health care. Estimates for home health and hospice care are not statistically significant for any month and have been presented in eFigure 3 in the Supplement. ADRD indicates Alzheimer disease and related dementia; OLS, ordinary least squares.