Author Details Missing the handoff: post-hospitalization follow-up care among rural Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes Kevin Bennett1 PhD, Assistant professor, kevin.j.bennett@gmail.com Janice Probst2 PhD, Director, jprobst@mailbox.sc.edu Medha Vyavaharkar3 MD, PhD, Research associate, Vyavahar@mailbox.sc.edu Saundra Glover4 PhD, Research associate, SGLOVER@mailbox.sc.edu 1 Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Columbia, University of South Carolina, South Carolina, USA. 2, 3, 4 South Carolina Rural Health Research Center, Columbia, South Carolina, USA. Correspondence: K Bennett, 3209 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC 29203, USA  Author contribution: Kevin J Bennett: original concept, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft. Janice C Probst: original concept, contributed to drafts. Medha Vyavaharkar: literature review, contributed to drafts. Saundra Glover: contributed to drafts. Citation: Bennett KJ, Probst JC, Vyavaharkar M, Glover S.  Missing the handoff: post-hospitalization follow-up care among rural Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes. Rural and Remote Health 12: 2097. (Online) 2012. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 17 February 2012 Revised: 25 April 2012 Accepted: 20 July 2012