Sentences with phrase «rural hospital closures»

The reasons for rural hospital closures vary for every community but can include decreased demand for inpatient services, consolidation in the health - care space, and a state's decision of whether to expand Medicaid, Mark Holmes, director of NC RHRP, told CNBC.

There has been a total of 83 rural hospital closures in the United States from January 2010 to January 2018, according to the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, a group which tracks rural hospital closures across the country.

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The governor painted a dark future of «devastating» hospital and nursing home closures across the state — particularly in rural Adirondack communities where Medicaid - dependent hospitals are already operating on some of the lowest margins in the country.

Eighty rural hospitals have been shuttered nationwide since 2010, and about a third of the country's remaining rural facilities are vulnerable to closure as they continue to operate under tight margins, according to findings from the latest annual Rural Relevance Srural hospitals have been shuttered nationwide since 2010, and about a third of the country's remaining rural facilities are vulnerable to closure as they continue to operate under tight margins, according to findings from the latest annual Rural Relevance Srural facilities are vulnerable to closure as they continue to operate under tight margins, according to findings from the latest annual Rural Relevance SRural Relevance Study.