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Are you looking for information on swing beds, rural hospital closures, or one of the other topics below? To help, we have organized collections of our research under these topics for ease of use. Each topic is/will be linked to a collection of work we have produced.
- Rural Hospital Closures
- Causes and effects of rural hospital closures.
- Financial sustainability of rural hospitals.
- Financial Distress, Profitability, and Sustainability
- Models and metrics for predicting hospital financial distress.
- Profitability analyses for rural hospitals with specific Medicare designations.
- Rural Emergency Hospitals
- Characteristics of new Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs).
- Their impact on rural communities and healthcare access.
- Medicaid and CHIP Enrollee Comparisons
- Utilization differences in rural and urban populations.
- Analyses of Medicaid and CHIP datasets.
- Uncompensated Care
- Comparative analyses of rural vs. urban hospital uncompensated care levels.
- Effects of COVID-19 on uncompensated care trends.
- Ownership and Affiliations
- Ownership trends and their impact on hospital operations.
- System affiliation differences in financial performance.
- Swing Beds in Rural Hospitals
- Utilization of swing beds for post-acute care.
- Role of swing beds in maintaining rural hospital viability.