The Ill Health of Rural Hospitals in Four Charts
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
There are 1,844 rural hospitals operating in the U.S. That number is down by 19 in the 2019 calendar year, the worst year of rural hospital closings seen in the past decade. That hockey-stick growth of closures is shown in the first chart, where 34 rural hospitals shut down in the past 2 years.
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