GAO: rural hospital closures increasing, South hardest hit
Henry Kotula
OCTOBER 6, 2018
Rural hospital closures disproportionately occurred in the South, among for-profit hospitals and among organizations with a Medicare-dependent hospital payment designation. Since 2010, 86 rural hospitals have closed , and 44% of those remaining are operating at a loss — up from 40% in 2017.
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