Rural hospital closures are centered in the Southern and Southeastern areas of the United States. Credit: University of Alabama at Birmingham For many rural Americans, especially those in the South or Southeastern areas of the country, it is taking longer to get to a hospital. A new study look...
Understanding the effects of small hospital closures on rural communitiesPirani, Michael Joseph
Using national hospital data, we investigated how the decline in profitability has affected hospital survival, either independently or with a merger. The answer has direct implications for access to care and competition in rural markets. We assessed the rate of hospital closures and mergers in ...
the u.s. since 2005, with nearly a quarter of closures among the top 10 occurring in texas alone. all but three of the 10 states had not implemented medicaid expansion as permitted under the affordable care act to increase insurance coverage. the sheps center defines a rural hospital a...
Gregory Tung, MPH, Ph.D., co-author of the study at ColoradoSPH, says some closures could be less detrimental in certain areas, especially if hospitals are inefficient or of poorer quality. In urban areas, patients have more options, but it is a different story in rural communities. ...
However, among initially financially stable hospitals, an increased risk of closure for hospitals associated with affiliation and proprietary ownership raises concerns about the association of affiliation with closures in some circumstances. Policy interventions to stabilize inpatient care in rural areas ...
In this chapter, we examine the shifts in US public hospital supply from 1983 to 2003. We focus on hospital closures and conversions to private ownership, and regional and rural-versusurban differences. We also examine the countertrend of development of new public hospitals. We describe the ...
Amid a wave ofrural hospital closuresacross the United States, Erwin residents celebrated when the new hospital opened in 2018. One lawmakertold the Johnson City Pressit was "the most modern facility on the planet." Alan Levine was CEO of Mountain States Health Alliance during that time and ...
ambulance services, the plan recognises that the movement of both patients and staff between services and sites will require cross-departmental working alongside other key partners to address challenges around road infrastructure, the public transport network, and digital connectivity in rural areas. ...
S Vartak,MM Ward,TE Vaughn - 《Journal of Rural Health》 被引量: 31发表: 2010年 Rural Hospital Closures and the Fifth District Since 2010, some 106 hospitals in American rural areas closed their doors. The closures took place at a time when population and employment growth is more ... ...