Becker's Healthcare February 7, 2019
The American Hospital Association released a report on healthcare challenges facing rural communities, with a focus on access to high-quality and affordable care.
Nearly 20 percent of Americans live in rural areas, and subsequently depend on rural hospitals, according to the report. However, rural hospitals are struggling against a range of challenges, including ones the AHA categorized as persistent, recent and emergent.
“Many rural hospitals, especially those with very limited resources, become overburdened as challenges intensify, accumulate and compound each other,” the report reads. “Moreover, the issues of today may hinder rural providers’...
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