October 10, 2024
An Updated Model of rural Hospital Financial Distress – North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
From January 2005 to May 2024, 219 rural hospitals closed or converted to a facility without inpatient services. Hospital financial distress is often cited as a main contributor to closure and thus is a key target for policies aimed to protect rural health care access.
Researchers from the North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center created a model for predicting rural hospital closures in 2017. This update for 2024 was published last week in the Journal of Rural Health.
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