Entry Regulation and Rural Health Care: Certificate-of-Need Laws, Ambulatory Surgical Centers, and Community Hospitals

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Examines the effect of regulations on entry and expansion of "hospital substitutes," including ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), and analyzes whether certificate-of-need (CON) programs have achieved their goal of protecting access to hospitals in rural areas. Features demographics on ASC patients, and state-level information on CON regulations and requirements for ASCs.

02/2016

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Mercatus Center

Hospitals · Legislation and regulations · Statistics and data