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GAO: rural hospital closures increasing, South hardest hit

Henry Kotula

Between 2013 and 2017, 64 rural hospitals closed due to financial distress and changing healthcare dynamics, more than twice the number in the previous five years, a new Government Accountability Office analysis shows. . GAO also looked at closures by Medicare rural hospital payment designation. Dive Brief: Hospitals across the U.S.