Community Sociodemographics and Rural Hospital Survival

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Explores differences in specific community-level sociodemographic factors associated with the survival or closure of rural hospitals at risk of financial distress between 2010 and 2019. Examines the relationship between the risk of hospital closure and median family income, unemployment rate, uninsured rate, education, race, and more.

Claudia A. Rhoades, Brian E. Whitacre, Alison F. Davis

Journal of Rural Health, 2023(39), 643-655

2023

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Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Employment and unemployment · Hospitals · Income · Poverty · Racial and ethnic groups · Statistics and data · Uninsured and underinsured