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Associations Between Rural Hospital Closures and Acute and Post-Acute Care Access and Outcomes

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Description
Examines the impact of rural hospital closures on hospital and post-acute care (PAC) use and outcomes. Analyzes 32 rural hospital closures and county-level impacts on travel distances, lengths of stay at hospitals, hospital charges, PAC episodes, fall injuries and related mortality and hospitalizations, and population-level hospitalization and death rates. Includes descriptive statistics of 2014-2018 rural hospital closure status.
Author(s)
Geoffrey J. Hoffman, Jinkyung Ha, Zhaohui Fan, Jun Li
Citation
Health Services Research
Date
12/2024
Tagged as
Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Hospitals · Mortality · Post-acute care · Statistics and data