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2. The Causes of Rural Hospital Problems


2. The Causes of Rural Hospital Problems

Bad debt losses are somewhat larger at the smallest rural hospitals than at larger hospitals, which is likely due to a combination of lower incomes in small ...

Saving Rural Hospitals: The Crisis in Rural Health Care

The primary cause of rural hospital closures is that payments from health insurance plans are adequate to sustain essential services in rural communities.

Issues in Rural Health: Access, Hospitals, and Reform - PMC

A variety of elements contribute to these problems in rural areas, including a declining population, economic stagnation, shortages of physicians and other ...

Healthcare Access in Rural Communities Overview

Barriers to care, including workforce shortages, health insurance status, transportation issues, health literacy, and stigma in rural ...

Why Health Care Is Harder to Access in Rural America | U.S. GAO

More than 100 (or 4% of) rural hospitals closed from 2013 through 2020. As a result, residents had to travel about 20 miles farther for common ...

Rural Hospitals Face Renewed Financial Challenges, Especially in ...

Policymakers have had ongoing concerns about the financial health of rural hospitals and the implications for access to care and the local economy.

The Rural Hospital Problem | JAMA Forum Archive - JAMA Network

One source of financial challenges to rural hospitals is shrinking populations, which means fewer patients to fill beds.

Causes & Consequences of Rural Hospital Closures - PMC

Rural hospitals and health care systems have been in a slow-burning crisis for decades. Since 2010, over 130 rural hospitals have closed.

About Rural Health - CDC

Rural residents have higher rates of cigarette smoking, high blood pressure, and obesity. They also have higher rates of poverty, less access to healthcare.

OBSTACLES AND CHALLENGES FACING RURAL COMMUNITIES

physicians, 2 million ... This also is one of the primary reasons that some hospitals, especially rural hospitals, have been forced to.

More than 700 rural hospitals at risk of closing: report

Rural hospitals' financial challenges are largely caused by “inadequate” payments from private health plans that don't cover the higher costs of ...

Rural Health Concerns - MedlinePlus

Higher poverty rates. · A higher percentage of older adults, who are more likely to have chronic health problems. · More residents without health ...

The Deepening Crisis of Rural Hospital Closures in the United States

Rural hospitals typically serve smaller populations with a higher proportion of uninsured and underinsured patients, leading to significant ...

Exploring the Policies That Are Closing Rural Hospitals - Penn LDI

Their overall message was that the driving central force behind hospitals' problems is a lack of coherent and adequate national funding policies ...

About Rural Health Care - NRHA - National Rural Health Association

Economic factors, cultural and social differences, educational shortcomings, lack of recognition by legislators and the sheer isolation of living in remote ...

Rural health care: Big challenges require big solutions | AHA News

Although rural hospitals provide great benefits to their communities, they are not immune to the numerous challenges in providing health care, ...

Rural Health Disparities Overview

Some frequently cited factors underlying rural health disparities include access to healthcare and public health services, socioeconomic status, health-related ...

Rural Hospitals are Smaller and Generate Less Revenue - Penn LDI

The reasons for this behavior are unclear, but may be related to perceptions of better quality if they travel farther or concerns that local ...

The Top 5 Challenges in Rural Healthcare - Part 2: Funding

2. Funding is a recurring challenge for rural hospitals (meaning fewer resources, higher costs, and tighter margins to keep the lights on).

Rural Hospital Closures Reduce Access to Emergency Care

Rural hospitals struggle financially with lower patient volumes, higher rates of uncompensated care, and physician shortages.


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The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was written between 1895 and 1897, and serialised in Pearson's Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan magazine in the US in 1897.