up-and-coming news resources methodology faq ideas & opinions decision points photos u.s. news live sign in rural hospital closures by state health news news home states with the most rural hospital closures nearly 200 rural hospitals in the u.s. have shut down since 2005. by steven r...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of these hospital closures on the proportion of the population who can reach a secondary care facility, by road, within 15, 30, 45, or 60 min.McCarthy, SeanMoore, DylanaSmedley, W. AndrewCrowley, Brandon M.Stephens, Shannon W.Griffin, ...
according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina. Tennessee has recorded the second-most closures of any state, with 15, and the most closures per capita. Texas has the highest number of rural hospital closures, with ...
The South Atlantic region, which stretches from Maryland to Florida along the Atlantic seaboard, has had 20 hospital closures. The remaining six regions, New England, Mid-Atlantic, East North Central, West North Central, Mountain and Pacific, have a combined total of 35 rural hospital closures i...
Between 1980 and 1988, there were 200 rural hospital closures-about half of the total community hospital closures in the United States. Because of widespread congressional concern that rural hospital closures may jeopardize access to medical care, 33 Senators requested that GAO investigate why such h...
. In the United States (U.S.), rural hospital closures have resulted in decreased healthcare access and remain a persistent threat to 20% of the U.S. population who reside in a rural area (The National Academies of Sciences Engineering Medicine, 2018). Decreased rural healthcare access can...
The closures highlight financial challenges that rural hospitals face amid workforce shortages, rising costs, and leveling reimbursement. What would happen if you had an accident, and the nearest emergency hospital was more than 30 minutes away? What would you do if you arrived at the hospital, ...
The rising rate of rural hospital closures. J Rural Health. 2016;32(1):35-43. doi:10.1111/jrh.12128 PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 38. Innes A, Morgan D, Kosteniuk J. Dementia care in rural and remote settings: a systematic review of informal/family caregiving. ...
Most of the rural hospital closures so far have occurred in the South and Midwest. Of those at risk, nearly 70 percent are in states that have declined to expand Medicaid coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act, although some experts are hesitant to draw a cause-and-effect correlation...
Nearly every state has a rural hospital at risk, according to the CHQPR report. In almost half the states, 25% or more of rural hospitals are at risk of closing. In 10 states, 40% or more are at risk. States with the highest percentage of at-risk hospitals include Alabama, Arkansas,...